certctl/docs/testing-guide.md

certctl V2.1 Release QA Guide

Comprehensive manual testing playbook. Every test has a concrete command, an explanation of what it validates and why it matters, exact expected output, and an unambiguous pass/fail criterion.

Contents

• Prerequisites
• Part 1: Infrastructure & Deployment
• Part 2: Authentication & Security
• Part 3: Certificate Lifecycle (CRUD)
• Part 4: Renewal Workflow
• Part 5: Revocation
• Part 6: Policies & Profiles
• Part 7: Ownership, Teams & Agent Groups
• Part 8: Job System
• Part 9: Issuer Connectors
• Part 10: Sub-CA Mode
• Part 11: ARI (RFC 9773) Scheduler Integration
• Part 12: Vault PKI Connector (M32)
• Part 13: DigiCert Connector (M37)
• Part 54: AWS ACM Private CA Issuer Connector (M47)
• Part 14: Target Connectors & Deployment
• Part 15: Apache & HAProxy Target Connectors
• Part 16: Traefik & Caddy Target Connectors
• Part 17: IIS Target Connector (M39)
• Part 18: Agent Operations
• Part 19: Agent Work Routing (M31)
• Part 20: Post-Deployment TLS Verification
• Part 21: EST Server (RFC 7030)
• Part 22: Certificate Export (PEM & PKCS#12)
• Part 23: S/MIME & EKU Support
• Part 24: OCSP Responder & DER CRL
• Part 25: Certificate Discovery (Filesystem + Network)
• Part 26: Enhanced Query API
• Part 27: Request Body Size Limits
• Part 28: CLI Tool
• Part 29: MCP Server
• Part 30: Observability
• Part 31: Notifications
• Part 32: Audit Trail
• Part 33: Background Scheduler
• Part 34: Structured Logging Verification
• Part 35: GUI Testing
• Part 36: Issuer Catalog Page (M33)
• Part 37: Frontend Audit Fixes
• Part 38: Error Handling
• Part 39: Performance Spot Checks
• Part 40: Documentation Verification
• Part 41: Regression Tests
• Part 42: Envoy Target Connector
• Part 43: Postfix & Dovecot Target Connectors
• Part 44: SSH Target Connector
• Part 45: Windows Certificate Store Connector
• Part 46: Java Keystore Connector
• Part 53: Kubernetes Secrets Target Connector (M47)
• Part 47: Certificate Digest Email
• Part 48: Dynamic Issuer Configuration (M34)
• Part 49: Dynamic Target Configuration (M35)
• Part 50: Onboarding Wizard (M36)
• Part 51: ACME Profile Selection (M45)
• Part 52: Helm Chart Deployment (M30)
• Release Sign-Off

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Prerequisites

Why manual QA on top of automated tests?

Automated tests mock dependencies and run in isolation. Manual QA validates the full integrated stack: real PostgreSQL, real HTTP, real agent binary, real file I/O, real scheduler timing. It catches issues that unit tests can't: migration ordering, Docker networking, env var parsing, browser rendering, and timing-dependent scheduler behavior.

Environment Setup

Step 1: Start the full stack.

cd deploy && docker compose up --build -d

This builds three containers (postgres, certctl-server, certctl-agent) and runs them on a bridge network. The --build flag ensures you're testing the current code, not a stale image.

Step 2: Wait for healthy state.

for i in $(seq 1 30); do
  STATUS=$(docker compose ps --format json 2>/dev/null | jq -r 'select(.Health != null) | "\(.Name): \(.Health)"' 2>/dev/null)
  echo "$STATUS"
  echo "$STATUS" | grep -q "unhealthy\|starting" || break
  sleep 2
done

Why: Docker Compose starts containers in dependency order (postgres → server → agent), but "started" doesn't mean "ready." Health checks confirm postgres accepts connections, the server responds on /health, and the agent process is running.

Step 3: Set shell variables used throughout this guide.

export SERVER=http://localhost:8443
export API_KEY="change-me-in-production"
export AUTH="Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY"
export CT="Content-Type: application/json"

Why: Every curl command in this guide uses these variables. Setting them once avoids typos and makes the guide copy-pasteable.

Note: The default Docker Compose sets CERTCTL_AUTH_TYPE: none, meaning auth is disabled. Many auth tests in Part 2 require changing this to api-key. Instructions are provided in those tests.

Step 4: Build CLI and MCP server binaries on the host.

go build -o certctl-cli ./cmd/cli/...
go build -o certctl-mcp ./cmd/mcp-server/...

Why: The CLI and MCP server are separate binaries that talk to the server over HTTP. Building them verifies the code compiles and produces the executables you'll test later.

Demo Data Baseline

The seed data (migrations/seed.sql + migrations/seed_demo.sql) pre-populates the database with realistic fixtures. Confirm it loaded:

curl -s -H "$AUTH" $SERVER/api/v1/stats/summary | jq .

Expected output structure:

{
  "total_certificates": 15,
  "active_certificates": ...,
  "expiring_certificates": ...,
  "expired_certificates": ...,
  "pending_renewals": ...
}

What's in the demo data (reference these IDs throughout the guide):

Resource	IDs	Count
Teams	t-platform, t-security, t-payments, t-frontend, t-data	5
Owners	o-alice, o-bob, o-carol, o-dave, o-eve	5
Policies	rp-standard, rp-urgent, rp-manual	3
Issuers	iss-local, iss-acme-le, iss-stepca, iss-digicert	4
Agents	ag-web-prod, ag-web-staging, ag-lb-prod, ag-iis-prod, ag-data-prod	5
Targets	tgt-nginx-prod, tgt-nginx-staging, tgt-f5-prod, tgt-iis-prod, tgt-nginx-data	5
Profiles	prof-standard-tls, prof-internal-mtls, prof-short-lived, prof-high-security	4
Certificates	mc-api-prod, mc-web-prod, mc-pay-prod, mc-dash-prod, mc-data-prod, mc-auth-prod, mc-cdn-prod, mc-mail-prod, mc-legacy-prod, mc-old-api, mc-api-stg, mc-web-stg, mc-grafana-prod, mc-vpn-prod, mc-wildcard-prod	15
Agent Groups	ag-linux-prod, ag-linux-amd64, ag-windows, ag-datacenter-a, ag-manual	5
Network Scan Targets	nst-dc1-web, nst-dc2-apps, nst-dmz	3

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Part 1: Infrastructure & Deployment

What this validates: The Docker Compose stack boots correctly, migrations apply, seed data loads, health checks work, and the system survives restarts.

Why it matters: If the deployment doesn't work out of the box, nobody evaluates the product. This is the first thing a new user or customer does.

1.1 Container Health

Test 1.1.1 — PostgreSQL is accepting connections

docker compose exec postgres pg_isready -U certctl

What: Checks if PostgreSQL is accepting connections on its default port. Why: If postgres isn't ready, migrations can't run and the server can't start. This is the root dependency. Expected: /var/run/postgresql:5432 - accepting connections PASS if output contains "accepting connections". FAIL otherwise.

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Test 1.1.2 — Database schema applied (21 tables)

docker compose exec postgres psql -U certctl -c "SELECT count(*) FROM information_schema.tables WHERE table_schema = 'public' AND table_type = 'BASE TABLE';"

What: Counts tables in the public schema. The 7 migration files create 21 tables: managed_certificates, certificate_versions, agents, deployment_targets, certificate_target_mappings, renewal_policies, jobs, audit_events, notification_events, issuers, policy_rules, policy_violations, teams, owners, certificate_profiles, agent_groups, agent_group_members, certificate_revocations, discovered_certificates, discovery_scans, network_scan_targets. Why: If any migration failed or was skipped, downstream features break silently. Counting tables catches this immediately. Expected: 21 PASS if count = 21. FAIL otherwise.

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Test 1.1.3 — Server liveness probe

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" $SERVER/health

What: The /health endpoint returns 200 if the server process is running and the HTTP listener is bound. Why: This is what Docker's health check calls. If it fails, the container restarts in a loop. Expected:

{"status":"ok"}
HTTP 200

PASS if HTTP 200 and body contains "status":"ok". FAIL otherwise.

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Test 1.1.4 — Server readiness probe

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" $SERVER/ready

What: The /ready endpoint confirms the server can handle requests — database connection pool is initialized, migrations ran. Why: Liveness ≠ readiness. The server can be alive (process running) but not ready (database unreachable). If /ready fails, the server started but can't serve real traffic. Expected:

{"status":"ready"}
HTTP 200

PASS if HTTP 200 and body contains "status":"ready". FAIL otherwise.

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Test 1.1.5 — Agent container is running

docker compose ps certctl-agent --format json | jq -r '.Health'

What: Checks the agent container's health status (the Docker health check runs pgrep -f certctl-agent). Why: The agent is a separate Go binary. If it crashes on startup (bad env vars, unreachable server), it won't register or poll for work. Expected: healthy PASS if output is healthy. FAIL otherwise.

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Test 1.1.6 — Demo seed data loaded (all 9 resource types)

echo "=== Certificates ===" && curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/certificates?per_page=1" | jq '.total'
echo "=== Agents ===" && curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/agents" | jq '.total'
echo "=== Targets ===" && curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/targets" | jq '.total'
echo "=== Policies ===" && curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/policies" | jq '.total'
echo "=== Profiles ===" && curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/profiles" | jq '.total'
echo "=== Teams ===" && curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/teams" | jq '.total'
echo "=== Owners ===" && curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/owners" | jq '.total'
echo "=== Agent Groups ===" && curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/agent-groups" | jq '.total'
echo "=== Issuers ===" && curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/issuers" | jq '.total'

What: Queries every resource type and confirms expected counts from seed data. Why: If seed data didn't load, every subsequent test that references demo IDs (like mc-api-prod) will 404. Catching this early saves hours of debugging. Expected: Certificates=15, Agents≥5, Targets=5, Policies≥3, Profiles=4, Teams=5, Owners=5, Agent Groups=5, Issuers=4. PASS if all counts match. FAIL if any count is lower than expected.

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1.2 Graceful Shutdown & Persistence

Test 1.2.1 — Server shuts down cleanly on SIGTERM

docker compose stop certctl-server
docker compose logs certctl-server 2>&1 | tail -20

What: Sends SIGTERM to the server process and checks the last few log lines for a clean shutdown message. Why: Ungraceful shutdown can corrupt in-flight database transactions, leave jobs in Running state permanently, or cause data loss. The server should finish active requests, close the DB pool, and exit 0. Expected: Log lines showing orderly shutdown (e.g., "scheduler shutting down", "server stopped"). No panic stack traces, no goroutine leak warnings. PASS if shutdown logs are present and no panic traces. FAIL if panics or unclean exit.

# Restart for subsequent tests
docker compose start certctl-server && sleep 5

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Test 1.2.2 — Data persists across full restart

docker compose down
docker compose up -d
sleep 15
curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/certificates?per_page=1" | jq '{total: .total}'

What: Tears down and recreates all containers, then verifies data survived via the postgres_data volume. Why: If the PostgreSQL volume isn't mounted correctly, docker compose down destroys all data. This catches volume misconfiguration. Expected: {"total": 15} — same as before shutdown. PASS if total = 15. FAIL if 0 or different count.

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1.3 Environment Variable Overrides

Test 1.3.1 — Custom port binding

Edit deploy/docker-compose.yml: set CERTCTL_SERVER_PORT: "9999" and update the port mapping to "9999:9999". Restart.

docker compose up -d certctl-server
sleep 5
curl -s -w "HTTP %{http_code}\n" http://localhost:9999/health

What: Confirms the server reads CERTCTL_SERVER_PORT and binds to the specified port. Why: Production deployments often use non-default ports. If env var parsing is broken, the server silently binds to 8080 regardless. Expected: HTTP 200 on port 9999. PASS if HTTP 200 on port 9999. FAIL otherwise. Reset port to 8443 after testing.

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Test 1.3.2 — Debug logging

Edit deploy/docker-compose.yml: set CERTCTL_LOG_LEVEL: "debug". Restart.

docker compose restart certctl-server
sleep 5
docker compose logs certctl-server 2>&1 | grep -c '"level":"DEBUG"'

What: Counts DEBUG-level log lines in server output after restart. Why: Operators troubleshooting issues need debug logging. If the slog level filter doesn't work, they get no additional output despite setting debug. Expected: Count > 0 (debug lines present). PASS if count > 0. FAIL if 0. Reset to info after testing.

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Test 1.3.3 — Auth disabled with explicit none

Verify the default Docker Compose has CERTCTL_AUTH_TYPE: none:

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" $SERVER/api/v1/certificates?per_page=1

What: Confirms that with CERTCTL_AUTH_TYPE=none, API requests work without an auth header. Why: Demo/development mode must work without auth. If the none mode is broken, new users can't even try the product. Expected: HTTP 200 with certificate data. No 401. PASS if HTTP 200. FAIL if 401.

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Test 1.3.4 — Auth none produces warning log

docker compose logs certctl-server 2>&1 | grep -i "auth.*none\|authentication.*disabled\|no auth"

What: Checks that the server logs a warning when running without authentication. Why: Running without auth in production is dangerous. The warning ensures operators notice the misconfiguration. Expected: At least one log line warning about auth being disabled. PASS if warning present. FAIL if no warning found.

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Part 2: Authentication & Security

What this validates: API key enforcement, rate limiting, CORS headers, and secrets hygiene.

Why it matters: Without working auth, anyone on the network can manage your certificates. Without rate limiting, a single client can DoS the API. Without CORS, the GUI breaks from different origins.

Setup: For auth tests 2.1.1–2.1.8, enable auth by editing deploy/docker-compose.yml:

• Set CERTCTL_AUTH_TYPE: api-key
• Add CERTCTL_AUTH_SECRET: change-me-in-production
• Restart: docker compose restart certctl-server && sleep 5

2.1 API Key Authentication

Test 2.1.1 — Request without auth header returns 401

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" $SERVER/api/v1/certificates

What: Sends a request with no Authorization header while auth is enabled. Why: If unauthenticated requests succeed, the auth middleware is broken and anyone can access the API. Expected:

HTTP 401

PASS if HTTP 401. FAIL if any other status code.

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Test 2.1.2 — Request with wrong API key returns 401

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -H "Authorization: Bearer wrong-key-here" $SERVER/api/v1/certificates

What: Sends a request with an invalid API key. Why: If wrong keys are accepted, the auth is not validating keys — any Bearer token passes. This is a critical security bug. Expected: HTTP 401 PASS if HTTP 401. FAIL if 200.

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Test 2.1.3 — Request with valid API key returns 200

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -H "$AUTH" $SERVER/api/v1/certificates?per_page=1

What: Sends a request with the correct API key. Why: Confirms the happy path — valid credentials are accepted. Expected: HTTP 200 with certificate data. PASS if HTTP 200. FAIL otherwise.

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Test 2.1.4 — /health accessible without auth (always)

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" $SERVER/health

What: Verifies /health is accessible without credentials, even when auth is enabled. Why: Load balancers and container orchestrators need to probe health without API keys. If health checks require auth, Docker restarts the container forever. Expected: HTTP 200 PASS if HTTP 200 without any auth header. FAIL if 401.

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Test 2.1.5 — /ready accessible without auth (always)

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" $SERVER/ready

What: Verifies /ready is accessible without credentials. Why: Same as health — Kubernetes readiness probes must work without auth. Expected: HTTP 200 PASS if HTTP 200. FAIL if 401.

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Test 2.1.6 — /api/v1/auth/info accessible without auth (GUI bootstrap)

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" $SERVER/api/v1/auth/info

What: The auth info endpoint tells the GUI what auth mode is active. It must work before login. Why: The React GUI calls this on page load to decide whether to show a login screen. If it requires auth, you can't even get to the login page — a chicken-and-egg problem. Expected: HTTP 200 with JSON body containing auth mode (e.g., {"auth_type":"api-key"}). PASS if HTTP 200 and body contains auth_type. FAIL if 401 or missing field.

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Test 2.1.7 — /api/v1/auth/check with valid key returns 200

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -H "$AUTH" $SERVER/api/v1/auth/check

What: Validates that the auth check endpoint confirms valid credentials. Why: The GUI uses this after the user enters an API key to verify it works before proceeding. Expected: HTTP 200 PASS if HTTP 200. FAIL otherwise.

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Test 2.1.8 — /api/v1/auth/check without key returns 401

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" $SERVER/api/v1/auth/check

What: Verifies that auth check rejects missing credentials. Why: If auth check accepts requests without a key, the GUI would skip the login screen for unauthenticated users. Expected: HTTP 401 PASS if HTTP 401. FAIL if 200.

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2.2 Rate Limiting

Setup: Ensure CERTCTL_RATE_LIMIT_ENABLED: "true", CERTCTL_RATE_LIMIT_RPS: "5", CERTCTL_RATE_LIMIT_BURST: "10" in docker-compose. Restart.

Test 2.2.1 — Burst exceeds limit, returns 429 with Retry-After

for i in $(seq 1 20); do
  CODE=$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" -H "$AUTH" $SERVER/api/v1/certificates?per_page=1)
  echo "Request $i: HTTP $CODE"
done

What: Sends 20 rapid requests to exhaust the rate limit bucket (burst=10). Why: Without rate limiting, a single misbehaving client can DoS the API, starving other users and the scheduler. Expected: First ~10 requests return 200. Subsequent requests return 429. PASS if at least one 429 appears in the output. FAIL if all 20 return 200.

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Test 2.2.2 — 429 response includes Retry-After header

# Exhaust the bucket first
for i in $(seq 1 15); do curl -s -o /dev/null -H "$AUTH" $SERVER/api/v1/certificates?per_page=1; done
# Now check headers on the next request
curl -s -D - -o /dev/null -H "$AUTH" $SERVER/api/v1/certificates?per_page=1 | grep -i "retry-after"

What: After a 429, the response should include a Retry-After header telling the client how long to wait. Why: Well-behaved clients use Retry-After for backoff. Without it, clients just hammer the server in a tight loop. Expected: Retry-After: <N> header present. PASS if Retry-After header is present. FAIL if missing.

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Test 2.2.3 — Rate limit bucket refills after waiting

# Exhaust bucket
for i in $(seq 1 15); do curl -s -o /dev/null -H "$AUTH" $SERVER/api/v1/certificates?per_page=1; done
# Wait for refill (at 5 RPS, 10 tokens refill in 2 seconds)
sleep 3
# Should succeed now
curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -H "$AUTH" $SERVER/api/v1/certificates?per_page=1

What: After waiting for the token bucket to refill, requests should succeed again. Why: If the bucket never refills, the rate limiter is broken and clients are permanently blocked. Expected: HTTP 200 after the wait. PASS if HTTP 200. FAIL if still 429 after 3-second wait.

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2.3 CORS

Setup: Set CERTCTL_CORS_ORIGINS: "http://localhost:3000" in docker-compose. Restart.

Test 2.3.1 — Preflight OPTIONS with allowed origin returns CORS headers

curl -s -D - -o /dev/null -X OPTIONS \
  -H "Origin: http://localhost:3000" \
  -H "Access-Control-Request-Method: GET" \
  $SERVER/api/v1/certificates

What: Sends a CORS preflight request from an allowed origin. Why: Browsers send OPTIONS before cross-origin requests. If the server doesn't respond with proper CORS headers, the browser blocks the GUI's API calls entirely. Expected: Headers include Access-Control-Allow-Origin: http://localhost:3000. PASS if Access-Control-Allow-Origin header matches the requested origin. FAIL if missing or *.

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Test 2.3.2 — Request from disallowed origin has no CORS headers

curl -s -D - -o /dev/null -X OPTIONS \
  -H "Origin: http://evil.example.com" \
  -H "Access-Control-Request-Method: GET" \
  $SERVER/api/v1/certificates

What: Sends a preflight from a non-allowed origin. Why: If the server returns CORS headers for any origin, it's a cross-site request forgery vector — malicious sites can make API calls. Expected: No Access-Control-Allow-Origin header in the response. PASS if no Access-Control-Allow-Origin header. FAIL if the header is present.

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Test 2.3.3 — Wildcard CORS mode

Set CERTCTL_CORS_ORIGINS: "*" in docker-compose, restart.

curl -s -D - -o /dev/null -X OPTIONS \
  -H "Origin: http://any-origin.example.com" \
  -H "Access-Control-Request-Method: GET" \
  $SERVER/api/v1/certificates | grep -i "access-control-allow-origin"

What: Verifies wildcard CORS mode accepts any origin. Why: Development/demo setups often need wildcard CORS. This confirms the wildcard configuration path works. Expected: Access-Control-Allow-Origin: * PASS if header value is *. FAIL if missing.

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2.4 Secrets Hygiene

Test 2.4.1 — Private keys never in API responses (certificate detail)

curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/certificates/mc-api-prod" | grep -ci "private key\|BEGIN RSA\|BEGIN EC PRIVATE\|BEGIN PRIVATE"

What: Searches the full certificate detail response for private key material. Why: If private keys leak via the API, anyone with API access can impersonate the server. This is a critical security violation. Expected: Count = 0 (no private key strings found). PASS if count = 0. FAIL if count > 0.

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Test 2.4.2 — Private keys never in API responses (certificate versions)

curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/certificates/mc-api-prod/versions" | grep -ci "private key\|BEGIN RSA\|BEGIN EC PRIVATE\|BEGIN PRIVATE"

What: Searches version history for private key material. Why: Version history might accidentally include older keys. Even one leaked private key compromises the certificate. Expected: Count = 0. PASS if count = 0. FAIL if count > 0.

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Test 2.4.3 — Private keys never in API responses (agent work)

curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/agents/ag-web-prod/work" | grep -ci "private key\|BEGIN RSA\|BEGIN EC PRIVATE\|BEGIN PRIVATE"

What: Searches the agent work endpoint for private key material. Why: In agent keygen mode, the server should never possess the private key. If it leaks via the work endpoint, the keygen security model is broken. Expected: Count = 0. PASS if count = 0. FAIL if count > 0.

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Test 2.4.4 — Private keys never in server logs

docker compose logs certctl-server 2>&1 | grep -ci "private key\|BEGIN RSA\|BEGIN EC PRIVATE\|BEGIN PRIVATE"

What: Searches all server log output for private key material. Why: Logged private keys end up in log aggregators (Splunk, ELK), SIEM systems, and debug dumps — all accessible to operations staff who shouldn't have crypto material. Expected: Count = 0. PASS if count = 0. FAIL if count > 0.

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Test 2.4.5 — API key stored as SHA-256 hash (not plaintext)

docker compose logs certctl-server 2>&1 | grep -ci "change-me-in-production"

What: Checks if the raw API key value appears in server logs. Why: The server should hash API keys with SHA-256 for constant-time comparison. Logging the plaintext key exposes it to anyone with log access. Expected: Count = 0 (key value does not appear in logs). PASS if count = 0. FAIL if count > 0.

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Cleanup: Reset auth to CERTCTL_AUTH_TYPE: none and remove rate limit/CORS overrides for remaining tests. Restart: docker compose restart certctl-server && sleep 5

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Part 3: Certificate Lifecycle (CRUD)

What this validates: The core certificate inventory — creating, reading, updating, listing with filters/pagination/sorting, archiving, version history, and deployments.

Why it matters: Certificate CRUD is the foundation. Everything else (renewal, revocation, discovery, policy) depends on certificates existing and being queryable. If CRUD breaks, the product is unusable.

3.1 Create Certificates

Test 3.1.1 — Create certificate with minimal fields

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" \
  -d '{"id": "mc-test-minimal", "common_name": "minimal.test.local"}' \
  $SERVER/api/v1/certificates | jq .

What: Creates a certificate with only the required common_name field. Why: The minimum viable cert creation must work for users who just want to track a certificate without all optional metadata. Expected: HTTP 201. Response body contains "id": "mc-test-minimal" and "common_name": "minimal.test.local". PASS if HTTP 201 and response contains the ID. FAIL otherwise.

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Test 3.1.2 — Create certificate with all fields

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" \
  -d '{
    "id": "mc-test-full",
    "common_name": "full.test.local",
    "sans": ["alt1.test.local", "alt2.test.local"],
    "owner_id": "o-alice",
    "issuer_id": "iss-local",
    "profile_id": "prof-standard-tls",
    "environment": "staging",
    "status": "Active"
  }' \
  $SERVER/api/v1/certificates | jq .

What: Creates a certificate with SANs, owner, issuer, profile, and environment. Why: Production certs always have multiple attributes. All optional fields must be accepted and stored correctly. Expected: HTTP 201. Response contains all provided fields with matching values. PASS if HTTP 201 and owner_id = "o-alice", issuer_id = "iss-local", profile_id = "prof-standard-tls". FAIL if any field missing or mismatched.

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Test 3.1.3 — Create certificate with duplicate common_name

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" \
  -d '{"id": "mc-test-dup", "common_name": "full.test.local"}' \
  $SERVER/api/v1/certificates

What: Attempts to create a second certificate with the same common_name as Test 3.1.2. Why: Duplicate common names are valid (multiple certs for same domain, A/B deployment, canary). The system should allow this. Expected: HTTP 201 — duplicate common_name is allowed (unique constraint is on ID, not CN). PASS if HTTP 201. FAIL if 409 or 400 rejecting the duplicate CN.

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3.2 List & Filter Certificates

Test 3.2.1 — List certificates with pagination metadata

curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/certificates?per_page=5" | jq '{total, page, per_page, items_count: (.items | length)}'

What: Lists certificates and verifies pagination metadata is present. Why: Without pagination metadata, the GUI can't show page numbers or "showing X of Y." Expected: total ≥ 15, page = 1, per_page = 5, items_count = 5. PASS if all four fields present and items_count = 5. FAIL if pagination metadata missing.

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Test 3.2.2 — Filter by status

curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/certificates?status=Active" | jq '{total, statuses: [.items[].status] | unique}'

What: Filters certificates to only Active status. Why: Operators need to see only active certs (or only expiring, only expired). If filters don't work, they wade through the full inventory. Expected: statuses array contains only "Active". PASS if every item has status "Active". FAIL if any non-Active status appears.

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Test 3.2.3 — Filter by owner

curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/certificates?owner_id=o-alice" | jq '{total, owners: [.items[].owner_id] | unique}'

What: Filters by owner_id. Why: Team leads need to see their team's certificates only. Broken owner filter forces them to search manually. Expected: All items have owner_id = "o-alice". PASS if all items match owner. FAIL if any mismatch.

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Test 3.2.4 — Filter by issuer

curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/certificates?issuer_id=iss-local" | jq '{total, issuers: [.items[].issuer_id] | unique}'

What: Filters by issuer_id. Why: When diagnosing issuer-specific issues (e.g., CA outage), operators need to see only certs from that issuer. Expected: All items have issuer_id = "iss-local". PASS if all match. FAIL if any mismatch.

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Test 3.2.5 — Filter by environment

curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/certificates?environment=production" | jq '{total, envs: [.items[].environment] | unique}'

What: Filters by environment tag. Why: Production vs staging separation is critical. Operators must be able to view only production certs during an incident. Expected: All items have environment = "production". PASS if all match. FAIL otherwise.

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Test 3.2.6 — Pagination: page 2

curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/certificates?per_page=2&page=2" | jq '{page, per_page, items_count: (.items | length)}'

What: Fetches the second page with 2 items per page. Why: Pagination must actually skip the first page's items. A common bug is returning the same items on every page. Expected: page = 2, per_page = 2, items_count = 2. Items should be different from page 1. PASS if page=2, per_page=2, items_count=2. FAIL otherwise.

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Test 3.2.7 — Sort descending by notAfter

curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/certificates?sort=-notAfter&per_page=5" | jq '[.items[].not_after]'

What: Requests certificates sorted by expiration date, newest first. Why: Operators usually want to see the latest-expiring certs at the top, or the soonest-expiring. Sort must work for the GUI's column headers to function. Expected: Array of dates in descending order (each date ≥ the next). PASS if dates are in descending order. FAIL if not sorted.

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Test 3.2.8 — Sort ascending by commonName

curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/certificates?sort=commonName&per_page=5" | jq '[.items[].common_name]'

What: Sorts alphabetically by common name. Why: Alphabetical sorting helps operators locate certs visually in long lists. Expected: Array of names in ascending alphabetical order. PASS if names are sorted A→Z. FAIL if not sorted.

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Test 3.2.9 — Sparse fields

curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/certificates?fields=id,common_name,status&per_page=3" | jq '.items[0] | keys'

What: Requests only specific fields in the response. Why: Large certificate records have many fields. Sparse fields reduce bandwidth for dashboards that only need ID + name + status. Expected: Keys array contains only ["common_name", "id", "status"] (or a subset including those three). PASS if response items contain only the requested fields. FAIL if additional fields leak through.

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Test 3.2.10 — Cursor pagination: first page

curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/certificates?page_size=5" | jq '{next_cursor, items_count: (.items | length)}'

What: Fetches the first page of cursor-based pagination. Why: Cursor pagination is more efficient than offset pagination for large datasets — it doesn't skip rows. The next_cursor token must be present for the next page. Expected: next_cursor is a non-empty string, items_count = 5. PASS if next_cursor is non-null and non-empty. FAIL if missing.

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Test 3.2.11 — Cursor pagination: second page

CURSOR=$(curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/certificates?page_size=5" | jq -r '.next_cursor')
curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/certificates?page_size=5&cursor=$CURSOR" | jq '{items_count: (.items | length), first_id: .items[0].id}'

What: Uses the cursor token from page 1 to fetch page 2. Why: If the cursor is broken (always returns page 1, or errors), pagination is unusable for large inventories. Expected: items_count ≤ 5. first_id is different from the first item on page 1. PASS if items are different from page 1. FAIL if same items returned.

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Test 3.2.12 — Time-range filter: expires_before

curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/certificates?expires_before=2026-06-01T00:00:00Z" | jq '{total}'

What: Filters to certificates expiring before June 2026. Why: Operators need to see what's expiring in the next N months for capacity planning and renewal scheduling. Expected: total > 0 (some certs have near-term expiration dates in seed data). PASS if total > 0 and all returned items have not_after before the specified date. FAIL if total = 0 when seed data has expiring certs.

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3.3 Get, Update, Archive

Test 3.3.1 — Get single certificate by ID

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/certificates/mc-api-prod" | jq '{id, common_name, status}'

What: Retrieves a specific certificate by ID. Why: Certificate detail is the most common API call from the GUI. Expected: HTTP 200. id = "mc-api-prod", common_name and status present. PASS if HTTP 200 and id matches. FAIL otherwise.

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Test 3.3.2 — Get nonexistent certificate returns 404

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/certificates/mc-does-not-exist"

What: Requests a certificate ID that doesn't exist. Why: The API must return 404, not 500. A 500 on missing resources indicates the handler doesn't check for not-found. Expected: HTTP 404 PASS if HTTP 404. FAIL if 200 or 500.

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Test 3.3.3 — Update certificate fields

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X PUT -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" \
  -d '{"environment": "staging", "owner_id": "o-bob"}' \
  $SERVER/api/v1/certificates/mc-test-minimal | jq '{id, environment, owner_id}'

What: Updates the environment and owner of a certificate. Why: Certificates move between environments and change ownership. The update endpoint must accept partial updates. Expected: HTTP 200. environment = "staging", owner_id = "o-bob". PASS if HTTP 200 and updated fields match. FAIL otherwise.

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Test 3.3.4 — Archive (soft delete) certificate

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X DELETE -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/certificates/mc-test-dup"

What: Archives a certificate (soft delete — marks inactive, not physically deleted). Why: Hard deletes lose audit history. Archival preserves the record while removing it from active views. Expected: HTTP 204 (No Content). PASS if HTTP 204. FAIL otherwise.

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Test 3.3.5 — Get archived certificate behavior

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/certificates/mc-test-dup"

What: Attempts to fetch the archived certificate. Why: Verifies the archive behavior — either returns 404 (hidden from normal queries) or returns with an archived status. Expected: HTTP 404 or HTTP 200 with status = "Archived". PASS if HTTP 404 or status = "Archived". FAIL if HTTP 200 with Active status.

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3.4 Version History & Deployments

Test 3.4.1 — Get certificate versions

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/certificates/mc-api-prod/versions" | jq '{count: (. | length), first_version: .[0].version}'

What: Retrieves the version history for a certificate. Why: Version history enables rollback and audit. If versions aren't tracked, operators can't recover from a bad renewal. Expected: HTTP 200 with an array of version objects. At least 1 version. PASS if HTTP 200 and array length ≥ 1. FAIL otherwise.

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Test 3.4.2 — Get certificate deployments

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/certificates/mc-api-prod/deployments" | jq .

What: Retrieves deployment records for a certificate. Why: Operators need to see where a cert is deployed (which targets) and deployment status. Expected: HTTP 200 with deployment data (may be empty array if no deployments yet). PASS if HTTP 200. FAIL if 404 or 500.

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Test 3.4.3 — Trigger deployment creates a job

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" \
  -d '{}' \
  $SERVER/api/v1/certificates/mc-api-prod/deploy | jq .

What: Triggers a deployment job for the certificate. Why: This is how operators push updated certs to targets. If deployment triggering is broken, renewed certs never reach the servers. Expected: HTTP 200 or 202 with job ID or status message. PASS if HTTP 200/202. FAIL if 404 or 500.

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Part 4: Renewal Workflow

What this validates: The full renewal lifecycle — triggering, job state transitions, agent keygen, CSR submission, and interactive approval.

Why it matters: Renewal is the core automated workflow. If renewals break, certificates expire in production.

4.1 Manual Renewal Trigger

Test 4.1.1 — Trigger renewal creates job

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" \
  -d '{}' \
  $SERVER/api/v1/certificates/mc-web-prod/renew | jq .

What: Triggers a manual renewal for mc-web-prod. Why: Operators need to force renewal (compromised key, changed SANs). This is the manual override for the scheduled process. Expected: HTTP 200/202. Response contains job information. PASS if HTTP 200/202 with job data. FAIL if 404 or 500.

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Test 4.1.2 — Renewal job appears in jobs list

curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/jobs?type=Renewal" | jq '{total, latest_job: .items[0] | {id, type, status, certificate_id}}'

What: Verifies the renewal job was created and appears in the jobs list filtered by type. Why: If jobs aren't created, the renewal was silently dropped. The job list must reflect pending work. Expected: total ≥ 1. Latest job has type = "Renewal" and certificate_id matching the renewed cert. PASS if at least one Renewal job exists. FAIL if total = 0.

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Test 4.1.3 — Renewal on nonexistent certificate returns 404

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" \
  -d '{}' \
  $SERVER/api/v1/certificates/mc-nonexistent/renew

What: Attempts renewal on a certificate that doesn't exist. Why: Should return 404, not 500 or silently succeed with a ghost job. Expected: HTTP 404 PASS if HTTP 404. FAIL if 200 or 500.

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4.2 Job State Transitions

Note: The Docker Compose demo uses CERTCTL_KEYGEN_MODE=server, so renewal jobs should transition through Pending → Running → Completed automatically via the scheduler's job processor loop (30s interval).

Test 4.2.1 — Server keygen mode: job completes automatically

# Get the job ID from the latest renewal
JOB_ID=$(curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/jobs?type=Renewal&per_page=1" | jq -r '.items[0].id')
echo "Job ID: $JOB_ID"
# Wait for the job processor (30s interval)
sleep 45
curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/jobs/$JOB_ID" | jq '{id, status, type}'

What: Verifies the renewal job transitions through states and completes in server keygen mode. Why: If the job processor doesn't pick up and complete jobs, certificates never get renewed — the core automation is broken. Expected: Status = "Completed" (or "Running" if still processing). PASS if status is "Completed" or "Running". FAIL if still "Pending" after 45 seconds.

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4.3 Interactive Approval

Test 4.3.1 — Approve a job

# Find a job that supports approval (or create one via renewal)
JOB_ID=$(curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/jobs?per_page=1" | jq -r '.items[0].id')
curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" \
  -d '{"reason": "Approved for production deployment"}' \
  $SERVER/api/v1/jobs/$JOB_ID/approve

What: Approves a job that's in AwaitingApproval state. Why: Some organizations require manual approval before certificates are deployed. The approve endpoint must work. Expected: HTTP 200 (if job was in AwaitingApproval) or appropriate error (if job is in another state). PASS if HTTP 200 or a clear error explaining the job isn't in an approvable state. FAIL if 500.

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Test 4.3.2 — Reject a job with reason

JOB_ID=$(curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/jobs?per_page=1" | jq -r '.items[0].id')
curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" \
  -d '{"reason": "Certificate SANs do not match requirements"}' \
  $SERVER/api/v1/jobs/$JOB_ID/reject

What: Rejects a job with a documented reason. Why: Rejection must record the reason for audit trail. Without reasons, there's no accountability for why a renewal was blocked. Expected: HTTP 200 (if approvable state) or clear error. PASS if HTTP 200 or clear state error. FAIL if 500.

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4.4 Agent Work Polling

Test 4.4.1 — Agent work endpoint returns pending jobs

curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/agents/ag-web-prod/work" | jq .

What: Polls the work endpoint for an agent to see pending deployment or CSR jobs. Why: This is how agents discover they have work to do. If the work endpoint returns nothing when jobs exist, the agent sits idle. Expected: HTTP 200 with job array (may be empty if no pending work). PASS if HTTP 200. FAIL if 500.

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Test 4.4.2 — Agent reports job status

# Get a job ID
JOB_ID=$(curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/jobs?per_page=1" | jq -r '.items[0].id')
curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" \
  -d '{"status": "Completed", "message": "Certificate deployed successfully"}' \
  $SERVER/api/v1/agents/ag-web-prod/jobs/$JOB_ID/status

What: Agent reports back the outcome of a job it executed. Why: Without status reporting, the server never knows if deployments succeeded or failed. Expected: HTTP 200. PASS if HTTP 200. FAIL if 404 or 500.

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Part 5: Revocation

What this validates: Certificate revocation, CRL generation, OCSP responses, and revocation audit trail.

Why it matters: When a private key is compromised, revocation is the emergency response. If revocation doesn't work, compromised certs remain trusted.

5.1 Revoke Certificates

Test 5.1.1 — Revoke with default reason

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" \
  -d '{"reason": "unspecified"}' \
  $SERVER/api/v1/certificates/mc-test-minimal/revoke | jq .

What: Revokes a certificate with the default "unspecified" reason. Why: Basic revocation must work. This is the most common revocation path. Expected: HTTP 200. Certificate status changes to "Revoked". PASS if HTTP 200 and response indicates revocation. FAIL otherwise.

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Test 5.1.2 — Revoke with reason: keyCompromise

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" \
  -d '{"reason": "keyCompromise"}' \
  $SERVER/api/v1/certificates/mc-test-full/revoke | jq .

What: Revokes with the keyCompromise reason (RFC 5280 code 1). Why: Key compromise is the most critical revocation reason. CRL consumers use this to determine urgency. Expected: HTTP 200. PASS if HTTP 200. FAIL otherwise.

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Test 5.1.3 — Revoke with reason: caCompromise

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" \
  -d '{"reason": "caCompromise"}' \
  $SERVER/api/v1/certificates/mc-legacy-prod/revoke | jq .

Expected: HTTP 200. PASS if HTTP 200. FAIL otherwise.

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Test 5.1.4 — Revoke with reason: affiliationChanged

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" \
  -d '{"reason": "affiliationChanged"}' \
  $SERVER/api/v1/certificates/mc-old-api/revoke | jq .

Expected: HTTP 200. PASS if HTTP 200. FAIL otherwise.

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Test 5.1.5 — Revoke with reason: superseded

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" \
  -d '{"reason": "superseded"}' \
  $SERVER/api/v1/certificates/mc-vpn-prod/revoke | jq .

Expected: HTTP 200. PASS if HTTP 200. FAIL otherwise.

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Test 5.1.6 — Revoke with reason: cessationOfOperation

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" \
  -d '{"reason": "cessationOfOperation"}' \
  $SERVER/api/v1/certificates/mc-grafana-prod/revoke | jq .

Expected: HTTP 200. PASS if HTTP 200. FAIL otherwise.

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Test 5.1.7 — Revoke with reason: certificateHold

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" \
  -d '{"reason": "certificateHold"}' \
  $SERVER/api/v1/certificates/mc-mail-prod/revoke | jq .

Expected: HTTP 200. PASS if HTTP 200. FAIL otherwise.

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Test 5.1.8 — Revoke with reason: privilegeWithdrawn

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" \
  -d '{"reason": "privilegeWithdrawn"}' \
  $SERVER/api/v1/certificates/mc-cdn-prod/revoke | jq .

Expected: HTTP 200. PASS if HTTP 200. FAIL otherwise.

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5.2 Revocation Edge Cases

Test 5.2.1 — Revoke already-revoked certificate

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" \
  -d '{"reason": "keyCompromise"}' \
  $SERVER/api/v1/certificates/mc-test-full/revoke

What: Attempts to revoke a certificate that was already revoked in Test 5.1.2. Why: Idempotency is important — re-revoking shouldn't error or create duplicate records. It should either succeed silently or return a clear "already revoked" response. Expected: HTTP 200 (idempotent) or HTTP 409 (already revoked). PASS if HTTP 200 or 409. FAIL if 500.

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Test 5.2.2 — Revoke nonexistent certificate

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" \
  -d '{"reason": "keyCompromise"}' \
  $SERVER/api/v1/certificates/mc-nonexistent/revoke

What: Attempts to revoke a certificate ID that doesn't exist. Why: Must return 404, not 500. Expected: HTTP 404 PASS if HTTP 404. FAIL if 200 or 500.

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Test 5.2.3 — Revoke with invalid reason

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" \
  -d '{"reason": "becauseISaidSo"}' \
  $SERVER/api/v1/certificates/mc-api-prod/revoke

What: Attempts revocation with an invalid reason code. Why: Only RFC 5280 reason codes should be accepted. Invalid reasons indicate a buggy client. Expected: HTTP 400 with validation error. PASS if HTTP 400. FAIL if 200.

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Test 5.2.4 — Revocation appears in audit trail

curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/audit?per_page=5" | jq '[.items[] | select(.action == "certificate.revoked" or .resource_type == "certificate") | {action, resource_id}] | first'

What: Verifies revocation events were recorded in the audit trail. Why: Audit is a compliance requirement. Every revocation must be traceable. Expected: At least one audit event related to certificate revocation. PASS if revocation audit event found. FAIL if no revocation events.

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5.3 CRL & OCSP

M-006 note: The non-standard JSON CRL (GET /api/v1/crl) and the authenticated DER CRL (GET /api/v1/crl/{issuer_id}) and OCSP (GET /api/v1/ocsp/{issuer_id}/{serial}) paths were removed. Revocation-status distribution now lives under the RFC 8615 well-known namespace (/.well-known/pki/crl/{issuer_id} and /.well-known/pki/ocsp/{issuer_id}/{serial}), served unauthenticated because relying parties (browsers, TLS clients, hardware appliances) do not have certctl API keys.

Test 5.3.1 — DER CRL endpoint (RFC 5280 §5, unauthenticated)

curl -s -D - -o /tmp/crl.der "$SERVER/.well-known/pki/crl/iss-local" | grep -i "content-type"
openssl crl -inform der -in /tmp/crl.der -noout -text | head -40

What: Fetches the DER-encoded X.509 CRL for the local issuer without presenting any API credentials. Why: Relying parties (browsers, TLS libraries, network appliances) don't have certctl API keys. RFC 5280 §5 defines only the DER wire format, and RFC 8615 defines .well-known/pki/* as the relying-party namespace. The Content-Type must be application/pkix-crl and openssl crl -inform der must parse the body. Expected: Content-Type: application/pkix-crl, openssl prints a valid CRL with the revoked serials we created above. PASS if Content-Type matches and openssl crl parses the body. FAIL if JSON/HTML, 401/403, or parse error.

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Test 5.3.2 — OCSP: good response for non-revoked cert (RFC 6960, unauthenticated)

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" "$SERVER/.well-known/pki/ocsp/iss-local/mc-api-prod" -o /tmp/ocsp.der
openssl ocsp -respin /tmp/ocsp.der -noverify -text 2>/dev/null | head -20

What: Queries the OCSP responder for a non-revoked certificate without any Authorization header. Why: OCSP is the real-time alternative to CRL. RFC 6960 relying parties do not authenticate to the responder, so the endpoint must be public and return Content-Type: application/ocsp-response. Expected: HTTP 200 with OCSP response indicating "good" status when openssl ocsp -respin parses the body. PASS if HTTP 200 and cert status prints "good". FAIL if 401/403/500 or "revoked"/"unknown".

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Test 5.3.3 — OCSP: revoked response for revoked cert (unauthenticated)

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" "$SERVER/.well-known/pki/ocsp/iss-local/mc-test-full" -o /tmp/ocsp.der
openssl ocsp -respin /tmp/ocsp.der -noverify -text 2>/dev/null | grep -i "cert status"

What: Queries OCSP for a certificate we revoked earlier. Why: OCSP must return "revoked" status for revoked certs. If it still returns "good," relying parties will trust a compromised certificate. Endpoint is unauthenticated per RFC 6960. Expected: HTTP 200 with OCSP response indicating "revoked" status. PASS if HTTP 200 and status prints "revoked". FAIL if status is "good".

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Test 5.3.4 — OCSP: unknown serial (unauthenticated)

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" "$SERVER/.well-known/pki/ocsp/iss-local/nonexistent-serial" -o /tmp/ocsp.der
openssl ocsp -respin /tmp/ocsp.der -noverify -text 2>/dev/null | grep -i "cert status"

What: Queries OCSP for a serial number the server doesn't recognize. Why: OCSP must return "unknown" for serials it doesn't manage, not "good" (which would be a false positive). Endpoint is public per RFC 6960. Expected: HTTP 200 with OCSP "unknown" response, or HTTP 404. PASS if response is "unknown" or 404. FAIL if "good".

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Part 6: Policies & Profiles

What this validates: Policy engine CRUD, profile management, and the interaction between profiles and certificate behavior.

Why it matters: Policies enforce organizational standards (key type, max TTL, renewal windows). Profiles define certificate enrollment templates. Broken policies mean non-compliant certificates ship to production.

6.1 Policies

Test 10.1.1 — List policies

curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/policies" | jq '{total, ids: [.items[].id]}'

Expected: total ≥ 3 (seed: rp-standard, rp-urgent, rp-manual). PASS if total ≥ 3. FAIL otherwise.

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Test 10.1.2 — Create policy

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" \
  -d '{"id": "rp-test", "name": "Test Policy", "type": "scheduled", "config": {"renewal_window_days": 14, "alert_thresholds_days": [30, 14, 7]}}' \
  $SERVER/api/v1/policies | jq '{id, name, type}'

Expected: HTTP 201. PASS if HTTP 201. FAIL otherwise.

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Test 10.1.3 — Get policy

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/policies/rp-test" | jq '{id, name, type}'

Expected: HTTP 200 with matching fields. PASS if HTTP 200. FAIL otherwise.

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Test 10.1.4 — Update policy

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X PUT -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" \
  -d '{"name": "Updated Test Policy"}' \
  $SERVER/api/v1/policies/rp-test | jq '{name}'

Expected: HTTP 200. name = "Updated Test Policy". PASS if HTTP 200 and name updated. FAIL otherwise.

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Test 10.1.5 — Delete policy

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X DELETE -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/policies/rp-test"

Expected: HTTP 204. PASS if HTTP 204. FAIL otherwise.

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Test 10.1.6 — Policy violations endpoint

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/policies/rp-standard/violations" | jq '{total}'

What: Lists policy violations for a specific policy. Why: Operators need to see which certificates violate their policies. Expected: HTTP 200 with violations array. PASS if HTTP 200. FAIL if 500.

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Test 10.1.7 — Invalid policy type returns 400

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" \
  -d '{"id": "rp-bad", "name": "Bad", "type": "quantum-policy"}' \
  $SERVER/api/v1/policies

Expected: HTTP 400 with validation error. PASS if HTTP 400. FAIL if 201.

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6.2 Certificate Profiles

Test 10.2.1 — List profiles

curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/profiles" | jq '{total, ids: [.items[].id]}'

Expected: total = 5 (seed profiles: prof-standard-tls, prof-internal-mtls, prof-short-lived, prof-wildcard, prof-smime). PASS if total = 5. FAIL otherwise.

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Test 10.2.2 — Create profile with crypto constraints

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" \
  -d '{"id": "prof-test", "name": "Test Profile", "allowed_key_algorithms": ["RSA", "ECDSA"], "min_key_size": 2048, "max_ttl_hours": 8760}' \
  $SERVER/api/v1/profiles | jq '{id, name, allowed_key_algorithms}'

What: Creates a profile with key type constraints and max TTL. Why: Profiles enforce crypto policy — only approved algorithms and key sizes can be used. Expected: HTTP 201 with crypto constraint fields. PASS if HTTP 201 and allowed_key_algorithms matches. FAIL otherwise.

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Test 10.2.3 — Get profile

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/profiles/prof-test" | jq '{id, name}'

Expected: HTTP 200. PASS if HTTP 200. FAIL otherwise.

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Test 10.2.4 — Update profile

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X PUT -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" \
  -d '{"name": "Updated Test Profile", "max_ttl_hours": 720}' \
  $SERVER/api/v1/profiles/prof-test | jq '{name, max_ttl_hours}'

Expected: HTTP 200. Fields updated. PASS if HTTP 200. FAIL otherwise.

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Test 10.2.5 — Delete profile

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X DELETE -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/profiles/prof-test"

Expected: HTTP 204. PASS if HTTP 204. FAIL otherwise.

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Test 10.2.6 — Short-lived profile exists (TTL < 1 hour)

curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/profiles/prof-short-lived" | jq '{id, name, max_ttl_hours, is_short_lived}'

What: Verifies the short-lived profile is configured with TTL < 1 hour. Why: Short-lived certs skip CRL/OCSP — expiry IS revocation. The profile must be correctly flagged. Expected: max_ttl_hours < 1 or is_short_lived = true. PASS if profile exists and indicates short-lived. FAIL if missing.

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Part 7: Ownership, Teams & Agent Groups

What this validates: Organizational structure — teams, certificate owners, and dynamic agent grouping.

Why it matters: Ownership drives notification routing (who gets alerted when a cert expires). Agent groups enable fleet-wide policy application. Without these, operators can't manage at scale.

7.1 Teams

Test 11.1.1 — List teams

curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/teams" | jq '{total, ids: [.items[].id]}'

Expected: total = 5 (seed teams). PASS if total = 5. FAIL otherwise.

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Test 11.1.2 — Team CRUD cycle

# Create
curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" \
  -d '{"id": "t-test", "name": "Test Team"}' \
  $SERVER/api/v1/teams | jq '{id, name}'

# Get
curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/teams/t-test" | jq '{id}'

# Update
curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X PUT -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" \
  -d '{"name": "Updated Test Team"}' \
  $SERVER/api/v1/teams/t-test | jq '{name}'

# Delete
curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X DELETE -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/teams/t-test"

Expected: Create = 201, Get = 200, Update = 200, Delete = 204. PASS if all four operations return expected codes. FAIL if any fails.

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7.2 Owners

Test 11.2.1 — Owner CRUD with team assignment

# Create owner with team
curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" \
  -d '{"id": "o-test", "name": "Test Owner", "email": "test@example.com", "team_id": "t-platform"}' \
  $SERVER/api/v1/owners | jq '{id, email, team_id}'

What: Creates an owner assigned to a team. Why: Owner email is used for notification routing. Team assignment enables team-level queries. Expected: HTTP 201. team_id = "t-platform". PASS if HTTP 201 and team_id matches. FAIL otherwise.

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Test 11.2.2 — Get, update, delete owner

# Get
curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/owners/o-test" | jq '{id, email}'
# Update
curl -s -X PUT -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" -d '{"name": "Updated Owner"}' $SERVER/api/v1/owners/o-test | jq '{name}'
# Delete
curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X DELETE -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/owners/o-test"

Expected: Get = 200, Update = 200, Delete = 204. PASS if all succeed. FAIL otherwise.

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7.3 Agent Groups

Test 11.3.1 — List agent groups

curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/agent-groups" | jq '{total, ids: [.items[].id]}'

Expected: total = 5 (seed groups). PASS if total = 5. FAIL otherwise.

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Test 11.3.2 — Create agent group with dynamic criteria

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" \
  -d '{"id": "ag-test-group", "name": "Test Group", "match_os": "linux", "match_architecture": "amd64", "match_ip_cidr": "10.0.0.0/8"}' \
  $SERVER/api/v1/agent-groups | jq '{id, name, match_os}'

What: Creates a group with OS, architecture, and CIDR matching criteria. Why: Dynamic groups automatically include agents matching the criteria — no manual membership management. Expected: HTTP 201 with criteria fields. PASS if HTTP 201. FAIL otherwise.

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Test 11.3.3 — Agent group membership endpoint

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/agent-groups/ag-linux-prod/members" | jq .

What: Lists agents that match the group's criteria. Why: Operators need to see which agents fall into each group for policy assignment. Expected: HTTP 200 with array of matching agents. PASS if HTTP 200. FAIL if 500.

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Test 11.3.4 — Delete agent group returns 204

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X DELETE -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/agent-groups/ag-test-group"

Expected: HTTP 204. PASS if HTTP 204. FAIL if 200 (wrong status code for delete — regression test).

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7.4 Foreign Key Constraint Behavior

What this validates: Delete operations correctly fail with 409 when referenced entities still exist.

Why it matters: Owners and issuers use ON DELETE RESTRICT — you can't delete them while certificates reference them. Teams use ON DELETE CASCADE, so team deletes succeed and cascade. If the server returns a silent 500 instead of 409, the GUI swallows the error and the user thinks nothing happened.

Test 11.4.1 — Delete owner with assigned certificates (expect 409)

# Try to delete Alice Chen (o-alice) — she owns certificates in the demo data
curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X DELETE -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/owners/o-alice" | jq .

Expected: HTTP 409 with message "Cannot delete owner: certificates are still assigned to this owner". PASS if 409 Conflict. FAIL if 204 (data integrity violation) or 500 (unhelpful error).

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Test 11.4.2 — Delete issuer with assigned certificates (expect 409)

# Try to delete the Local Dev CA (iss-local) — certificates reference it
curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X DELETE -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/issuers/iss-local" | jq .

Expected: HTTP 409 with message "Cannot delete issuer: certificates are still using this issuer". PASS if 409 Conflict. FAIL if 204 or 500.

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Test 11.4.3 — Delete team cascades successfully

# Create a test team, then delete it — teams use ON DELETE CASCADE
curl -s -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" -d '{"id": "t-fk-test", "name": "FK Test Team"}' $SERVER/api/v1/teams > /dev/null
curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X DELETE -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/teams/t-fk-test"

Expected: HTTP 204 (cascade allows deletion). PASS if 204. FAIL if 409 or 500.

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Part 8: Job System

What this validates: Job lifecycle — listing, filtering, detail view, cancellation, approval, and rejection.

Why it matters: Jobs are the execution engine for renewals and deployments. If jobs can't be queried, cancelled, or approved, operators lose control of the workflow.

8.1 Job Queries

Test 9.1.1 — List jobs with pagination

curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/jobs?per_page=5" | jq '{total, page, per_page, items_count: (.items | length)}'

What: Lists jobs with pagination metadata. Expected: total ≥ 0, pagination fields present. PASS if HTTP 200 and pagination metadata present. FAIL otherwise.

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Test 9.1.2 — Filter jobs by status

curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/jobs?status=Completed" | jq '{total, statuses: [.items[].status] | unique}'

What: Filters jobs to only Completed status. Expected: All items have status = "Completed". PASS if all items match filter. FAIL if any mismatch.

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Test 9.1.3 — Filter jobs by type

curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/jobs?type=Renewal" | jq '{total, types: [.items[].type] | unique}'

What: Filters jobs to only Renewal type. Expected: All items have type = "Renewal". PASS if all match. FAIL if any mismatch.

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Test 9.1.4 — Get job detail

JOB_ID=$(curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/jobs?per_page=1" | jq -r '.items[0].id')
curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/jobs/$JOB_ID" | jq '{id, type, status, certificate_id}'

What: Retrieves a specific job by ID. Expected: HTTP 200 with full job record including type, status, certificate_id. PASS if HTTP 200 and all fields present. FAIL otherwise.

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Test 9.1.5 — Get nonexistent job

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/jobs/job-nonexistent"

Expected: HTTP 404. PASS if HTTP 404. FAIL if 200 or 500.

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8.2 Job Actions

Test 9.2.1 — Cancel pending job

# Create a renewal to get a fresh job
curl -s -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" -d '{}' $SERVER/api/v1/certificates/mc-data-prod/renew > /dev/null
JOB_ID=$(curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/jobs?per_page=1&type=Renewal" | jq -r '.items[0].id')
curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" \
  -d '{}' \
  $SERVER/api/v1/jobs/$JOB_ID/cancel | jq .

What: Cancels a pending job. Why: Operators need to abort incorrect or unnecessary jobs before they execute. Expected: HTTP 200. Status changes to "Cancelled". PASS if HTTP 200. FAIL if 500 or if job cannot be cancelled.

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Test 9.2.2 — Cancel already-completed job

# Find a completed job
JOB_ID=$(curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/jobs?status=Completed&per_page=1" | jq -r '.items[0].id')
curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" \
  -d '{}' \
  $SERVER/api/v1/jobs/$JOB_ID/cancel

What: Attempts to cancel a job that already completed. Why: Completed jobs shouldn't be cancelable — the work is done. The API should return an appropriate error. Expected: HTTP 400 or 409 (conflict — invalid state transition). PASS if HTTP 400 or 409. FAIL if 200 (accepted invalid cancellation).

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Part 9: Issuer Connectors

What this validates: CRUD operations for issuer connectors and the Local CA issuer functionality.

Why it matters: Issuers are the CAs that sign certificates. If issuer management is broken, no new certs can be issued.

9.1 Issuer CRUD

Test 6.1.1 — List issuers shows seed data

curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/issuers" | jq '{total, ids: [.items[].id]}'

What: Lists all issuers and verifies seed data loaded. Why: Issuers must exist before any issuance or renewal can work. Expected: total = 4. IDs include iss-local, iss-acme-le, iss-stepca, iss-digicert. PASS if total = 4 and all 4 seed IDs present. FAIL otherwise.

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Test 6.1.2 — Get issuer detail

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/issuers/iss-local" | jq '{id, name, type}'

What: Fetches a specific issuer by ID. Why: The detail view must show the issuer's type and configuration for troubleshooting. Expected: HTTP 200. id = "iss-local", type present. PASS if HTTP 200 and fields match. FAIL otherwise.

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Test 6.1.3 — Create issuer

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" \
  -d '{"id": "iss-test", "name": "Test Issuer", "type": "local", "config": {}}' \
  $SERVER/api/v1/issuers | jq '{id, name, type}'

What: Creates a new issuer record. Why: Organizations add new CAs as they grow. CRUD must support dynamic issuer management. Expected: HTTP 201. id = "iss-test". PASS if HTTP 201. FAIL otherwise.

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Test 6.1.4 — Update issuer

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X PUT -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" \
  -d '{"name": "Updated Test Issuer"}' \
  $SERVER/api/v1/issuers/iss-test | jq '{id, name}'

What: Updates the issuer name. Expected: HTTP 200. name = "Updated Test Issuer". PASS if HTTP 200 and name updated. FAIL otherwise.

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Test 6.1.5 — Delete issuer

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X DELETE -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/issuers/iss-test"

What: Deletes the test issuer. Expected: HTTP 204. PASS if HTTP 204. FAIL otherwise.

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Test 6.1.6 — Test issuer connection

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" \
  -d '{}' \
  $SERVER/api/v1/issuers/iss-local/test | jq .

What: Tests the connection to the Local CA issuer. Why: Before relying on an issuer for production certs, operators need to verify it's reachable and configured correctly. Expected: HTTP 200 with success/status message. PASS if HTTP 200. FAIL if 500 or connection error.

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Test 6.1.7 — Create issuer with missing name returns validation error

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" \
  -d '{"id": "iss-bad", "type": "local"}' \
  $SERVER/api/v1/issuers

What: Attempts to create an issuer without the required name field. Why: Input validation must catch missing required fields before they reach the database. Expected: HTTP 400 with validation error. PASS if HTTP 400. FAIL if 201.

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Test 6.1.8 — Create issuer with invalid type

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" \
  -d '{"id": "iss-bad2", "name": "Bad Issuer", "type": "quantum-ca"}' \
  $SERVER/api/v1/issuers

What: Attempts to create an issuer with an unsupported type. Why: Unknown issuer types would fail at issuance time. Better to reject early at creation. Expected: HTTP 400. PASS if HTTP 400. FAIL if 201.

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9.2 ACME DNS Challenge Configuration

Test 6.2.1 — List ACME issuer with DNS-01 configuration

curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/issuers/iss-acme-le" | jq '{id, type, config}'

What: Retrieves the ACME Let's Encrypt issuer and verifies its configuration. Why: ACME issuers configured for DNS-01 challenges need their solver scripts accessible for wildcard certificate support. Expected: HTTP 200. type = "acme". config may include challenge type and DNS script paths. PASS if HTTP 200 and type matches. FAIL otherwise.

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Test 6.2.2 — Create ACME issuer with DNS-PERSIST-01

Edit deploy/docker-compose.yml to set environment variables for ACME DNS-PERSIST-01:

• CERTCTL_ACME_CHALLENGE_TYPE: dns-persist-01
• CERTCTL_ACME_DNS_PERSIST_ISSUER_DOMAIN: le.example.com
• CERTCTL_ACME_DNS_PRESENT_SCRIPT: /usr/local/bin/dns-present.sh
• CERTCTL_ACME_DNS_CLEANUP_SCRIPT: /usr/local/bin/dns-cleanup.sh

Restart and verify the issuer accepts the config:

curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/issuers/iss-acme-le" | jq '{id, type}'

What: Verifies that ACME issuers read DNS-PERSIST-01 configuration from environment variables. Why: DNS-PERSIST-01 requires a standing TXT record per IETF draft. The issuer must know the issuer domain and support this challenge type. Expected: HTTP 200. ACME issuer still functional. PASS if HTTP 200 and issuer still works. FAIL if 500 or issuer broken.

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Test 6.2.3 — Configure ACME with External Account Binding (ZeroSSL)

Edit deploy/docker-compose.yml to set EAB environment variables:

• CERTCTL_ACME_DIRECTORY_URL: https://acme.zerossl.com/v2/DV90
• CERTCTL_ACME_EAB_KID: your-zerossl-kid
• CERTCTL_ACME_EAB_HMAC: your-base64url-hmac-key

Restart and verify the issuer accepts the config:

curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/issuers/iss-acme-prod" | jq '{id, type}'

What: Verifies that ACME issuers read External Account Binding credentials from environment variables. Why: ZeroSSL, Google Trust Services, and SSL.com require EAB for ACME account registration. Without EAB, account creation fails and no certificates can be issued from these CAs. Expected: HTTP 200. ACME issuer functional with EAB credentials loaded. PASS if HTTP 200 and issuer responds. FAIL if 500 or startup errors related to EAB.

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Part 10: Sub-CA Mode

What: The Local CA issuer connector can operate in two modes: self-signed root (default) or sub-CA. In sub-CA mode, set CERTCTL_CA_CERT_PATH and CERTCTL_CA_KEY_PATH to point at a pre-signed CA certificate and its private key. The CA cert must have IsCA=true and KeyUsageCertSign. All issued certificates then chain to the upstream root (e.g., Active Directory Certificate Services). Supports RSA, ECDSA, and PKCS#8 key formats.

Why: Enterprise environments already have a root CA (ADCS, Vault, etc.). Sub-CA mode lets certctl operate as a subordinate CA without replacing the existing trust hierarchy. Users' browsers and devices already trust the enterprise root, so certctl-issued certs are automatically trusted.

10.1: Self-Signed Mode (Default)

What: Without CERTCTL_CA_CERT_PATH / CERTCTL_CA_KEY_PATH, the Local CA generates its own self-signed root on startup. This is the default for development and demos.

# Verify the CA cert is self-signed (issuer == subject)
curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" \
  "http://localhost:8443/api/v1/certificates/mc-api-prod/export/pem?download=true" \
  -o /tmp/chain.pem

# Extract the last cert in the chain (the CA cert)
csplit -f /tmp/cert- -z /tmp/chain.pem '/-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----/' '{*}' 2>/dev/null
LAST_CERT=$(ls /tmp/cert-* | tail -1)
openssl x509 -in "$LAST_CERT" -noout -subject -issuer

Expected: For self-signed mode, the CA cert's Subject and Issuer are identical. PASS if Subject == Issuer (self-signed root).

10.2: Sub-CA Mode — Configuration

What: Setting CERTCTL_CA_CERT_PATH and CERTCTL_CA_KEY_PATH environment variables switches the Local CA to sub-CA mode. The server logs the mode at startup.

How to test:

1. Generate a test CA hierarchy (root CA + sub-CA):

# Generate root CA
openssl req -x509 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout /tmp/root-key.pem -out /tmp/root-cert.pem \
  -days 3650 -nodes -subj "/CN=Test Root CA" \
  -addext "basicConstraints=critical,CA:TRUE" \
  -addext "keyUsage=critical,keyCertSign,cRLSign"

# Generate sub-CA key and CSR
openssl req -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout /tmp/subca-key.pem -out /tmp/subca-csr.pem \
  -nodes -subj "/CN=CertCtl Sub-CA"

# Sign sub-CA cert with root
openssl x509 -req -in /tmp/subca-csr.pem -CA /tmp/root-cert.pem -CAkey /tmp/root-key.pem \
  -CAcreateserial -out /tmp/subca-cert.pem -days 1825 \
  -extfile <(echo -e "basicConstraints=critical,CA:TRUE\nkeyUsage=critical,keyCertSign,cRLSign")

2. Start the server with sub-CA config:

CERTCTL_CA_CERT_PATH=/tmp/subca-cert.pem \
CERTCTL_CA_KEY_PATH=/tmp/subca-key.pem \
./certctl-server

3. Check startup logs for sub-CA mode indication.

PASS if the server starts successfully and logs indicate sub-CA mode with the loaded cert path. FAIL if the server fails to start or falls back to self-signed mode.

10.3: Sub-CA Chain Construction

What: In sub-CA mode, issued certificates should chain to the sub-CA, which chains to the root. The PEM chain in certificate versions should include the leaf, the sub-CA cert, and optionally the root.

# Issue a certificate (after starting in sub-CA mode)
curl -s -X POST -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"id": "mc-subca-test", "common_name": "subca.test.local", "issuer_id": "iss-local"}' \
  "http://localhost:8443/api/v1/certificates"

# Export and verify chain
curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" \
  "http://localhost:8443/api/v1/certificates/mc-subca-test/export/pem" | jq -r '.full_pem' > /tmp/subca-chain.pem

openssl verify -CAfile /tmp/root-cert.pem -untrusted /tmp/subca-cert.pem /tmp/subca-chain.pem

Expected: Certificate chain validates against the root CA. The leaf cert's Issuer matches the sub-CA's Subject. PASS if openssl verify returns "OK". FAIL if chain is broken or leaf is signed by self-signed root instead of sub-CA.

10.4: Sub-CA Validation — Non-CA Cert Rejected

What: If CERTCTL_CA_CERT_PATH points to a certificate without IsCA=true or KeyUsageCertSign, the server should reject it at startup.

# Generate a non-CA cert (leaf cert, not a CA)
openssl req -x509 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout /tmp/leaf-key.pem -out /tmp/leaf-cert.pem \
  -days 365 -nodes -subj "/CN=Not A CA"

# Try to start server with non-CA cert — should fail
CERTCTL_CA_CERT_PATH=/tmp/leaf-cert.pem \
CERTCTL_CA_KEY_PATH=/tmp/leaf-key.pem \
./certctl-server

Expected: Server fails to start (or logs a fatal error) because the loaded cert is not a CA. PASS if server rejects the non-CA certificate. FAIL if server starts and silently uses the non-CA cert for signing.

10.5: Sub-CA Key Format Support

What: The sub-CA key can be RSA, ECDSA, or PKCS#8 encoded. All three formats should load successfully.

go test ./internal/connector/issuer/local/ -run "TestSubCA" -v

Expected: All 7 sub-CA tests pass (RSA, ECDSA, config validation, invalid cert, non-CA cert, renewal, chain construction). PASS if exit code 0.

10.6: CRL Signing in Sub-CA Mode

What: In sub-CA mode, the DER CRL (Part 31.1) should be signed by the sub-CA key, not a self-signed root.

# After starting in sub-CA mode and revoking a cert. The CRL is
# published unauthenticated under the RFC 8615 well-known namespace
# because relying parties don't carry certctl API keys.
curl -s "http://localhost:8443/.well-known/pki/crl/iss-local" -o /tmp/subca-crl.der

openssl crl -in /tmp/subca-crl.der -inform DER -noout -issuer

Expected: CRL issuer matches the sub-CA's subject (not the self-signed CA). PASS if issuer is the sub-CA distinguished name.

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Part 11: ARI (RFC 9773) Scheduler Integration

What this validates: ACME Renewal Information (ARI, RFC 9773) integration with the renewal scheduler. ARI lets the CA tell certctl when to renew instead of relying on static expiration thresholds. The scheduler must query the ARI endpoint, respect the CA's suggested renewal window, and fall back gracefully if ARI is unavailable.

Why it matters: With the industry moving to shorter certificate lifetimes (SC-081v3: 200→100→47 days, Let's Encrypt 6-day shortlived), hardcoded thresholds become unreliable. ARI is the CA-driven replacement — the CA knows its own issuance capacity, revocation status, and optimal renewal timing. If this integration breaks, certctl either renews too early (wasting resources) or too late (causing outages for short-lived certs where the margin is hours, not days).

11.1 ARI Defers Renewal When CA Says "Not Yet"

What: Verifies the scheduler skips renewal job creation when the ARI endpoint returns a suggestedWindow.start that is in the future. Why: This is the core ARI value proposition — the CA says "not yet" and certctl listens. Without this, ARI is decoration. Tests the ShouldRenewNow() → false path.

Prerequisite: ACME issuer configured with CERTCTL_ACME_ARI_ENABLED=true, connected to a CA that supports ARI (e.g., Let's Encrypt staging). Certificate within the 30-day expiry window but the CA's suggestedWindow.start is in the future.

# Check scheduler logs for ARI deferral
docker logs certctl-server 2>&1 | grep "ARI: renewal not yet suggested"

Expected: Log line showing ARI: renewal not yet suggested by CA with cert_id, suggested_start, suggested_end. No renewal job created for that cert. PASS if the scheduler skips renewal job creation when ARI says the window hasn't opened.

11.2 ARI Triggers Renewal When CA Says "Now"

What: Verifies the scheduler creates a renewal job when ARI's suggestedWindow.start is in the past and the current time falls within the window. Why: Tests the positive path — ARI authorizes renewal and the scheduler acts on it. Also verifies the audit trail records renewal_trigger: ari (not threshold), which is critical for operators to understand why a renewal happened.

Prerequisite: Same setup as 35.1, but the certificate's ARI suggestedWindow.start is in the past (CA is actively suggesting renewal).

# Check scheduler logs for ARI-triggered renewal
docker logs certctl-server 2>&1 | grep "ARI: CA suggests renewal now"

# Verify renewal job was created
curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" \
  "http://localhost:8443/api/v1/jobs?type=renewal" | jq '.data[] | select(.certificate_id == "<cert-id>")'

Expected: Log line showing ARI: CA suggests renewal now. Renewal job created with renewal_trigger: ari in the audit trail. PASS if a renewal job is created when ARI indicates the renewal window is open.

11.3 ARI Fallback on Error

What: Verifies the scheduler falls back to threshold-based renewal logic when the ARI endpoint is unreachable or returns an error. Why: ARI is an optimization, not a hard dependency. If the CA's ARI endpoint is down, renewals must still happen based on the configured expiration thresholds. This tests the graceful degradation path — critical for production reliability since ARI is a relatively new protocol and CA support varies.

Prerequisite: ACME issuer with CERTCTL_ACME_ARI_ENABLED=true, but the ARI endpoint is unreachable or returns an error (e.g., network issue, 500 from CA).

# Check scheduler logs for ARI fallback
docker logs certctl-server 2>&1 | grep "ARI check failed, falling back"

Expected: Warning log ARI check failed, falling back to threshold-based renewal. Renewal proceeds normally using the configured expiration thresholds. PASS if renewal still works when ARI is unavailable, using threshold-based logic as fallback.

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Part 12: Vault PKI Connector (M32)

Prerequisites

• Vault server running with PKI secrets engine enabled at pki mount
• PKI role created with appropriate certificate generation policy
• Vault token with read/sign permissions on the PKI path
• Environment variables configured:

  export CERTCTL_VAULT_ADDR="https://vault.internal:8200"
  export CERTCTL_VAULT_TOKEN="s.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
  export CERTCTL_VAULT_MOUNT="pki"
  export CERTCTL_VAULT_ROLE="certctl-role"
  export CERTCTL_VAULT_TTL="8760h"
  

12.1 Register Vault PKI Issuer

Test: Register a Vault PKI issuer via the API.

curl -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" \
  "$SERVER/api/v1/issuers" \
  -d '{
    "id": "iss-vault-prod",
    "name": "Vault PKI Production",
    "type": "VaultPKI",
    "config": {
      "vault_addr": "'"$CERTCTL_VAULT_ADDR"'",
      "vault_token": "'"$CERTCTL_VAULT_TOKEN"'",
      "vault_mount": "'"$CERTCTL_VAULT_MOUNT"'",
      "vault_role": "'"$CERTCTL_VAULT_ROLE"'",
      "vault_ttl": "'"$CERTCTL_VAULT_TTL"'"
    }
  }' | jq '.id'

Expected: Returns issuer ID iss-vault-prod. PASS if issuer is registered and appears in GET /api/v1/issuers.

12.2 Issue Certificate via Vault PKI

Test: Create a certificate and issue it through Vault PKI.

CERT_ID=$(curl -s -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" \
  "$SERVER/api/v1/certificates" \
  -d '{
    "common_name": "vault-test.example.com",
    "issuer_id": "iss-vault-prod",
    "key_algorithm": "RSA-2048"
  }' | jq -r '.id')

curl -s -X POST -H "$AUTH" \
  "$SERVER/api/v1/certificates/$CERT_ID/renew" | jq '.job_id'

Expected: Renewal job created and eventually moves to Completed status. PASS if certificate is issued by Vault with valid serial number and chain.

12.3 Verify Certificate Serial and Subject

Test: Check that the issued certificate has correct Vault metadata.

curl -s -H "$AUTH" \
  "$SERVER/api/v1/certificates/$CERT_ID" | jq '.versions[0] | {serial, subject_dn, not_before, not_after}'

Expected: Serial, DN, and validity dates from Vault PKI. PASS if certificate metadata is populated from Vault's response.

12.4 Revocation Records Locally

Test: Revoke the certificate and verify local recording.

curl -s -X POST -H "$AUTH" \
  "$SERVER/api/v1/certificates/$CERT_ID/revoke" \
  -d '{"reason": "superseded"}' | jq '.revoked_at'

Expected: Returns revoked_at timestamp. PASS if revocation is recorded locally in the audit trail but not propagated to Vault (Vault is authoritative for its own revocation).

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Part 13: DigiCert Connector (M37)

Prerequisites

• DigiCert CertCentral account with API access
• API key and organization ID from DigiCert
• Environment variables configured:

  export CERTCTL_DIGICERT_API_KEY="xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
  export CERTCTL_DIGICERT_ORG_ID="123456"
  export CERTCTL_DIGICERT_PRODUCT_TYPE="ssl_basic"
  export CERTCTL_DIGICERT_BASE_URL="https://www.digicert.com/services/v2"
  

13.1 Register DigiCert Issuer

Test: Register a DigiCert CertCentral issuer via the API.

curl -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" \
  "$SERVER/api/v1/issuers" \
  -d '{
    "id": "iss-digicert-prod",
    "name": "DigiCert CertCentral",
    "type": "DigiCert",
    "config": {
      "api_key": "'"$CERTCTL_DIGICERT_API_KEY"'",
      "org_id": "'"$CERTCTL_DIGICERT_ORG_ID"'",
      "product_type": "'"$CERTCTL_DIGICERT_PRODUCT_TYPE"'",
      "base_url": "'"$CERTCTL_DIGICERT_BASE_URL"'"
    }
  }' | jq '.id'

Expected: Returns issuer ID iss-digicert-prod. PASS if issuer is registered and appears in GET /api/v1/issuers.

13.2 Issue DV Certificate via DigiCert

Test: Create a DV certificate order and track it to completion.

CERT_ID=$(curl -s -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" \
  "$SERVER/api/v1/certificates" \
  -d '{
    "common_name": "dv-test.example.com",
    "issuer_id": "iss-digicert-prod",
    "key_algorithm": "RSA-2048"
  }' | jq -r '.id')

JOB_ID=$(curl -s -X POST -H "$AUTH" \
  "$SERVER/api/v1/certificates/$CERT_ID/renew" | jq -r '.job_id')

# Poll for job completion (DV certs may issue immediately)
for i in {1..30}; do
  STATUS=$(curl -s -H "$AUTH" \
    "$SERVER/api/v1/jobs/$JOB_ID" | jq -r '.status')
  echo "Job status: $STATUS"
  [ "$STATUS" = "Completed" ] && break
  sleep 2
done

Expected: Job eventually reaches Completed status with certificate issued. PASS if certificate has DigiCert serial number and chain.

13.3 Verify Order ID Tracking

Test: Check that the job record includes the DigiCert order ID for auditing.

curl -s -H "$AUTH" \
  "$SERVER/api/v1/jobs/$JOB_ID" | jq '.metadata'

Expected: Metadata includes order_id from DigiCert for order tracking. PASS if audit trail shows the DigiCert order lifecycle.

13.4 Async Poll Behavior

Test: Verify the connector polls for certificate completion (OV certs take longer).

# Submit OV certificate order (requires validation)
CERT_ID=$(curl -s -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" \
  "$SERVER/api/v1/certificates" \
  -d '{
    "common_name": "ov-test.example.com",
    "issuer_id": "iss-digicert-prod",
    "key_algorithm": "RSA-2048"
  }' | jq -r '.id')

JOB_ID=$(curl -s -X POST -H "$AUTH" \
  "$SERVER/api/v1/certificates/$CERT_ID/renew" | jq -r '.job_id')

# Check job status transitions
curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/jobs/$JOB_ID" | jq '.status'

Expected: Job status transitions through pending states as DigiCert validates. PASS if polling mechanism works and job reaches completion once DigiCert issues the certificate.

13.5 Revocation Records Locally

Test: Revoke a DigiCert-issued certificate.

curl -s -X POST -H "$AUTH" \
  "$SERVER/api/v1/certificates/$CERT_ID/revoke" \
  -d '{"reason": "cessationOfOperation"}' | jq '.revoked_at'

Expected: Returns revoked_at timestamp. PASS if revocation is recorded locally; operator manages revocation in DigiCert CertCentral dashboard.

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Part 54: AWS ACM Private CA Issuer Connector (M47)

What this validates: The AWS ACM Private CA issuer connector (internal/connector/issuer/awsacmpca/). Tests config validation (ARN format, signing algorithms), synchronous issuance via AWS PCA API, RFC 5280 revocation reason mapping, and interface compliance (CRL/OCSP delegation, ARI unsupported).

Why it matters: AWS is the dominant cloud platform. Organizations running private PKI on AWS need lifecycle management for ACM PCA-issued certificates. This connector gives AWS shops a managed CA option without leaving certctl.

54.1 Config Validation

go test ./internal/connector/issuer/awsacmpca/... -run TestValidateConfig -v -count=1

Test	Description	Method	Pass?	Date	Notes
54.1.1	Valid region + ca_arn	Auto	☐		TestValidateConfig_Success
54.1.2	All optional fields (signing_algorithm, validity_days, template_arn)	Auto	☐		TestValidateConfig_AllOptionalFields
54.1.3	Invalid JSON rejected	Auto	☐		TestValidateConfig_InvalidJSON
54.1.4	Missing region rejected	Auto	☐		TestValidateConfig_MissingRegion
54.1.5	Missing ca_arn rejected	Auto	☐		TestValidateConfig_MissingCAArn
54.1.6	Invalid ca_arn format rejected	Auto	☐		TestValidateConfig_InvalidCAArn
54.1.7	Invalid signing algorithm rejected	Auto	☐		TestValidateConfig_InvalidSigningAlgorithm
54.1.8	Invalid validity_days (≤0) rejected	Auto	☐		TestValidateConfig_InvalidValidityDays

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54.2 Issuance

go test ./internal/connector/issuer/awsacmpca/... -run TestIssueCertificate -v -count=1

Test	Description	Method	Pass?	Date	Notes
54.2.1	Full issuance: issue → get cert → parse serial/validity	Auto	☐		TestIssueCertificate_Success
54.2.2	Empty CSR rejected	Auto	☐		TestIssueCertificate_EmptyCSR
54.2.3	Issue API error propagated	Auto	☐		TestIssueCertificate_IssueError
54.2.4	GetCertificate API error propagated	Auto	☐		TestIssueCertificate_GetCertificateError

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54.3 Renewal

go test ./internal/connector/issuer/awsacmpca/... -run TestRenewCertificate -v -count=1

Test	Description	Method	Pass?	Date	Notes
54.3.1	Renewal reuses issuance path (AWS PCA treats as new cert)	Auto	☐		TestRenewCertificate_Success

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54.4 Revocation

go test ./internal/connector/issuer/awsacmpca/... -run TestRevokeCertificate -v -count=1

Test	Description	Method	Pass?	Date	Notes
54.4.1	Revocation with specific reason (RFC 5280 → AWS mapping)	Auto	☐		TestRevokeCertificate_Success
54.4.2	Revocation with default reason (UNSPECIFIED)	Auto	☐		TestRevokeCertificate_WithDefaultReason
54.4.3	Revocation API error propagated	Auto	☐		TestRevokeCertificate_Error

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54.5 Other Interface Methods

go test ./internal/connector/issuer/awsacmpca/... -v -count=1

Test	Description	Method	Pass?	Date	Notes
54.5.1	GetOrderStatus returns "completed" (sync issuer)	Auto	☐		TestGetOrderStatus_ReturnsCompleted
54.5.2	GetCACertPEM returns CA certificate	Auto	☐		TestGetCACertPEM_Success
54.5.3	GetCACertPEM returns cert + chain	Auto	☐		TestGetCACertPEM_WithChain
54.5.4	GetCACertPEM error propagated	Auto	☐		TestGetCACertPEM_Error
54.5.5	GetRenewalInfo returns nil (no ARI support)	Auto	☐		TestGetRenewalInfo_ReturnsNil
54.5.6	Default signing_algorithm and validity_days applied	Auto	☐		TestValidateConfig_AppliesDefaults
54.5.7	All RFC 5280 revocation reasons mapped to AWS codes	Auto	☐		TestRevocationReason_Mapping

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54.6 Manual GUI Tests

Test	Description	Method	Pass?	Date	Notes
54.6.1	AWSACMPCA appears in issuer catalog card	Manual	☐		issuerTypes.ts entry
54.6.2	Config wizard shows 5 fields (region, ca_arn, signing_algorithm, validity_days, template_arn)	Manual	☐		ConfigField definitions
54.6.3	signing_algorithm rendered as select dropdown	Manual	☐		type: 'select' with 6 options
54.6.4	Create issuer via wizard succeeds	Manual	☐		End-to-end wizard flow
54.6.5	Seed data row (iss-awsacmpca) visible in demo mode	Manual	☐		seed_demo.sql entry
54.6.6	Issuer detail page shows "AWS ACM Private CA" label	Manual	☐		typeLabels or issuerTypes name

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Part 14: Target Connectors & Deployment

What this validates: CRUD for deployment targets, including type-specific configuration for all 5 target types.

Why it matters: Targets are where certificates get deployed (NGINX, Apache, etc.). If target management is broken, certificates can't be pushed to production servers.

14.1 Target CRUD

Test 7.1.1 — List targets shows seed data

curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/targets" | jq '{total, ids: [.items[].id]}'

What: Lists all targets and verifies seed data. Expected: total = 5. IDs include all seed target IDs. PASS if total = 5. FAIL otherwise.

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Test 7.1.2 — Create NGINX target

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" \
  -d '{"id": "tgt-test-nginx", "name": "Test NGINX", "type": "nginx", "config": {"cert_path": "/etc/ssl/cert.pem", "key_path": "/etc/ssl/key.pem", "reload_command": "nginx -s reload"}}' \
  $SERVER/api/v1/targets | jq '{id, name, type}'

What: Creates an NGINX target with type-specific config fields. Why: Each target type has different config requirements (file paths, reload commands, etc.). The API must accept and store them. Expected: HTTP 201. type = "nginx". PASS if HTTP 201. FAIL otherwise.

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Test 7.1.3 — Create Apache target

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" \
  -d '{"id": "tgt-test-apache", "name": "Test Apache", "type": "apache", "config": {"cert_path": "/etc/apache2/ssl/cert.pem", "key_path": "/etc/apache2/ssl/key.pem", "chain_path": "/etc/apache2/ssl/chain.pem", "reload_command": "apachectl graceful"}}' \
  $SERVER/api/v1/targets | jq '{id, type}'

Expected: HTTP 201. type = "apache". PASS if HTTP 201. FAIL otherwise.

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Test 7.1.4 — Create HAProxy target

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" \
  -d '{"id": "tgt-test-haproxy", "name": "Test HAProxy", "type": "haproxy", "config": {"combined_pem_path": "/etc/haproxy/certs/combined.pem", "reload_command": "systemctl reload haproxy"}}' \
  $SERVER/api/v1/targets | jq '{id, type}'

Expected: HTTP 201. type = "haproxy". PASS if HTTP 201. FAIL otherwise.

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Test 7.1.5 — Create F5 BIG-IP target (stub)

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" \
  -d '{"id": "tgt-test-f5", "name": "Test F5", "type": "f5-bigip", "config": {}}' \
  $SERVER/api/v1/targets | jq '{id, type}'

Expected: HTTP 201. type = "f5-bigip". PASS if HTTP 201. FAIL otherwise.

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Test 7.1.6 — Create IIS target

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" \
  -d '{"id": "tgt-test-iis", "name": "Test IIS", "type": "iis", "config": {}}' \
  $SERVER/api/v1/targets | jq '{id, type}'

Expected: HTTP 201. type = "iis". PASS if HTTP 201. FAIL otherwise.

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Test 7.1.7 — Get target verifies type-specific config stored

curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/targets/tgt-test-nginx" | jq '{id, type, config}'

What: Retrieves the NGINX target and verifies config fields were persisted. Why: If type-specific config isn't stored, deployment will fail because the connector won't know file paths or reload commands. Expected: config contains cert_path, key_path, reload_command. PASS if config fields match what was created. FAIL if config is empty or missing fields.

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Test 7.1.8 — Update target config

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X PUT -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" \
  -d '{"name": "Updated NGINX", "config": {"cert_path": "/new/path/cert.pem", "key_path": "/new/path/key.pem", "reload_command": "nginx -s reload"}}' \
  $SERVER/api/v1/targets/tgt-test-nginx | jq '{name, config}'

What: Updates the target configuration. Expected: HTTP 200. name = "Updated NGINX", config.cert_path = "/new/path/cert.pem". PASS if HTTP 200 and fields updated. FAIL otherwise.

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Test 7.1.9 — Delete target returns 204

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X DELETE -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/targets/tgt-test-haproxy"

Expected: HTTP 204. PASS if HTTP 204. FAIL if 200 or 500.

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Part 15: Apache & HAProxy Target Connectors

What: certctl ships two additional target connectors beyond NGINX: Apache httpd (separate cert/chain/key files, apachectl configtest + graceful reload) and HAProxy (combined PEM file with cert+chain+key, config validation, reload). Both run on the agent side and follow the same pattern as the NGINX connector.

Why: Apache and HAProxy are the second and third most common reverse proxies in enterprise environments. Supporting them out of the box removes a common adoption blocker.

15.1: Create Apache Target

What: Create a deployment target of type apache with the required configuration fields.

curl -s -X POST -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "id": "t-test-apache",
    "name": "Test Apache Server",
    "type": "apache",
    "agent_id": "agent-demo-1",
    "config": {
      "cert_path": "/etc/apache2/ssl/cert.pem",
      "key_path": "/etc/apache2/ssl/key.pem",
      "chain_path": "/etc/apache2/ssl/chain.pem",
      "reload_command": "apachectl graceful",
      "validate_command": "apachectl configtest"
    }
  }' \
  "http://localhost:8443/api/v1/targets" | jq '{id, name, type}'

Expected: 201 Created with type apache.

PASS if:

• Target is created successfully
• Type is apache
• Config fields are persisted (verify via GET)

FAIL if type is rejected or config fields are missing in the response.

15.2: Apache Config — Separate Files

What: Apache uses three separate files (cert, chain, key) unlike NGINX's dual-file or HAProxy's combined PEM. Verify that cert_path, chain_path, and key_path are all required.

# Missing chain_path should fail validation
curl -s -w "\n%{http_code}" -X POST -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "id": "t-test-apache-bad",
    "name": "Bad Apache",
    "type": "apache",
    "agent_id": "agent-demo-1",
    "config": {
      "cert_path": "/etc/apache2/ssl/cert.pem",
      "reload_command": "apachectl graceful",
      "validate_command": "apachectl configtest"
    }
  }' \
  "http://localhost:8443/api/v1/targets"

Expected: The target is created (config validation happens at deploy time on the agent), but when the agent attempts to deploy, it will fail if required fields are missing. PASS if the validation behavior matches the connector's ValidateConfig — cert_path and chain_path are both required.

15.3: Create HAProxy Target

What: Create a deployment target of type haproxy. HAProxy uses a single combined PEM file (cert + chain + key concatenated), not separate files.

curl -s -X POST -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "id": "t-test-haproxy",
    "name": "Test HAProxy",
    "type": "haproxy",
    "agent_id": "agent-demo-1",
    "config": {
      "pem_path": "/etc/haproxy/certs/site.pem",
      "reload_command": "systemctl reload haproxy",
      "validate_command": "haproxy -c -f /etc/haproxy/haproxy.cfg"
    }
  }' \
  "http://localhost:8443/api/v1/targets" | jq '{id, name, type}'

Expected: 201 Created with type haproxy. PASS if target created with correct type and config persisted.

15.4: HAProxy Combined PEM Requirement

What: HAProxy's pem_path is the single file where cert+chain+key are concatenated. The pem_path field is required; reload_command is also required.

Why: HAProxy's bind ssl crt directive expects one file per certificate. The combined PEM format eliminates the need for multiple SSLCertificate* directives.

This is verified in the connector's ValidateConfig:

go test ./internal/connector/target/haproxy/... -v

Expected: Tests validate that missing pem_path and missing reload_command both produce errors. PASS if all haproxy connector tests pass.

15.5: Shell Command Injection Prevention

What: Both Apache and HAProxy connectors validate reload_command and validate_command against the shell injection prevention logic in internal/validation/command.go. Commands containing shell metacharacters (;, |, &, $(), backticks) are rejected.

Why: An attacker who controls target configuration could inject arbitrary commands if the reload/validate commands aren't sanitized. This was remediated in the security hardening pass (TICKET-001).

go test ./internal/validation/ -run TestValidateShellCommand -v

Expected: All 80+ adversarial test cases pass — commands with injection attempts are rejected, safe commands are accepted. PASS if exit code 0.

15.6: Connector Unit Tests

go test ./internal/connector/target/apache/... -v
go test ./internal/connector/target/haproxy/... -v

Expected: All Apache and HAProxy connector tests pass (config validation, deployment logic). PASS if exit code 0 for both.

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Part 16: Traefik & Caddy Target Connectors

Why test this?

Traefik and Caddy are increasingly popular reverse proxies. Testing ensures cert deployment works with their specific file-watching and admin API patterns.

16.1: Traefik File Provider Deployment

Setup: Configure a target with type Traefik pointing to a test directory.

# Create a Traefik target
curl -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" $SERVER/api/v1/targets -d '{
  "name": "Traefik Test",
  "type": "Traefik",
  "agent_id": "a-test-agent",
  "config": {
    "cert_dir": "/tmp/traefik-certs",
    "cert_file": "test.crt",
    "key_file": "test.key"
  }
}'

Expected: 201 Created with target details. PASS if target created with type Traefik and config fields preserved.

16.2: Caddy API Mode Deployment

# Create a Caddy target in API mode
curl -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" $SERVER/api/v1/targets -d '{
  "name": "Caddy API Test",
  "type": "Caddy",
  "agent_id": "a-test-agent",
  "config": {
    "mode": "api",
    "admin_api": "http://localhost:2019",
    "cert_dir": "/etc/caddy/certs",
    "cert_file": "test.crt",
    "key_file": "test.key"
  }
}'

Expected: 201 Created. PASS if target created with mode api and admin_api URL preserved.

16.3: Caddy File Mode Deployment

# Create a Caddy target in file mode
curl -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" $SERVER/api/v1/targets -d '{
  "name": "Caddy File Test",
  "type": "Caddy",
  "agent_id": "a-test-agent",
  "config": {
    "mode": "file",
    "cert_dir": "/etc/caddy/certs",
    "cert_file": "test.crt",
    "key_file": "test.key"
  }
}'

Expected: 201 Created. PASS if target created with mode file.

16.4: Agent Connector Dispatch

Verify the agent binary recognizes Traefik and Caddy target types from the work endpoint response. This requires a running agent with deployment jobs assigned to Traefik/Caddy targets.

Expected: Agent logs show connector instantiation for the target type (e.g., "deploying to Traefik target" or "deploying to Caddy target"). PASS if agent does not error with "unknown target type" for Traefik or Caddy.

16.5: Connector Unit Tests

go test ./internal/connector/target/traefik/... -v
go test ./internal/connector/target/caddy/... -v

Expected: All tests pass. PASS if exit code 0 for both test suites.

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Part 17: IIS Target Connector (M39)

The IIS target connector (M39) brings Windows infrastructure lifecycle management to certctl. Dual-mode implementation: agent-local PowerShell (primary) for servers with certctl agent, proxy agent WinRM for agentless Windows targets. Full test suite (28 tests) with mock executor pattern for cross-platform testing. Supports PEM-to-PFX conversion, SHA-1 thumbprint computation, and parameterized PowerShell execution.

Test Suite Coverage

Layer	Test Count	Focus	Cross-Platform
ValidateConfig	9	Field validation, defaults, regex enforcement	Yes
DeployCertificate	7	PFX conversion, script execution, error handling	Yes
ValidateDeployment	5	Thumbprint verification, binding checks	Mock executor
PFX Conversion	4	Certificate chain handling, password generation	Yes
Helpers	3	Thumbprint computation, Windows time conversion	Yes
Total	28		26 pass, 2 skip on non-Windows

Automated Tests (qa-smoke-test.sh Part 42)

#	Test	Assertion
42.1	IIS connector imports without error	internal/connector/target/iis/ builds cleanly
42.2	ValidateConfig rejects missing hostname	Validation fails when hostname absent
42.3	ValidateConfig rejects missing site_name	Validation fails when site_name absent
42.4	ValidateConfig applies defaults	port defaults to 443, ip_address to "*"
42.5	ValidateConfig validates field regex	Rejects field names with invalid characters
42.6	PEM-to-PFX conversion succeeds	PKCS#12 bundle created with random password
42.7	SHA-1 thumbprint computed correctly	Matches Go crypto/sha1 output, hex-encoded
42.8	PowerShell script is parameterized	No unescaped interpolation in generated commands
42.9	Mock executor pattern works cross-platform	Tests pass on Linux/macOS via mock executor
42.10	DeployCertificate calls Import-PfxCertificate	PowerShell command includes correct cert store
42.11	DeployCertificate calls Set-WebBinding	PowerShell command includes site name + thumbprint
42.12	ValidateDeployment executes Get-IISSiteBinding	Thumbprint comparison happens post-deployment
42.13	Error cases logged and propagated	TLS verify failure, script timeout errors handled
42.14	Windows time conversion helpers work	FileTime ↔ time.Time round-trip accurate

Manual Tests (Windows Only)

These tests require a real Windows Server 2019+ environment with IIS 10+. Skip on non-Windows platforms.

42.M1: Agent-Local Deployment — Happy Path

1. Provision a Windows Server 2019+ VM with IIS installed
2. Download and install certctl-agent binary for windows-amd64
3. Register agent with certctl server via heartbeat endpoint
4. Create IIS target in certctl dashboard:

   {
     "hostname": "iis-server.local",
     "site_name": "Default Web Site",
     "cert_store": "WebHosting",
     "port": 443,
     "sni": true,
     "ip_address": "*"
   }
   

5. Issue a certificate (e.g., via Local CA)
6. Create deployment job targeting the IIS target
7. Agent polls work endpoint, executes PowerShell
8. Verify on IIS: Get-IISSiteBinding shows new binding with correct thumbprint
9. Verify in dashboard: Deployment job shows status=Completed, verified_at timestamp present

PASS if certificate deployed to IIS binding with matching thumbprint, deployment job shows Completed with verification success.

42.M2: Agent-Local Deployment — Renewal

1. On the same IIS target, trigger renewal of the certificate
2. Verify old certificate remains bound during renewal (until new one succeeds)
3. Verify new certificate is imported and bound after deployment
4. Verify old binding removed or updated in IIS

PASS if renewal completes without downtime, old binding replaced with new.

42.M3: PFX Import to WebHosting Store

1. Manually generate a test PKCS#12 certificate
2. Via certctl-agent on Windows, verify PowerShell can import to WebHosting store:

   $pfx = New-Object System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509Certificate2
   $pfx.Import([System.IO.File]::ReadAllBytes("C:\temp\test.pfx"), $password, "Exportable")
   $store = New-Object System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509Store("WebHosting", "LocalMachine")
   $store.Open("MaxAllowed")
   $store.Add($pfx)
   

3. Verify certificate appears in IIS Certificate Manager

PASS if certificate imports to WebHosting store successfully.

42.M4: Binding Verification — Thumbprint Match

1. Deploy a certificate to an IIS site via certctl
2. Manually run on IIS server:

   Get-IISSiteBinding -Name "Default Web Site" | Select-Object Thumbprint
   

3. Verify thumbprint matches certificate's SHA-1 hash (as shown in certctl GUI)

PASS if thumbprints match exactly (hex-encoded, no colons).

42.M5: Error Handling — Invalid Site Name

1. Create IIS target with non-existent site name (e.g., "NonExistentSite")
2. Trigger deployment
3. Verify job fails with error message about invalid site
4. Verify error is logged in agent and audit trail

PASS if error handled gracefully, job marked Failed with reason.

42.M6: Field Validation — Config Injection Attempt

1. Try to create IIS target with site_name containing PowerShell metacharacters:

   {
     "site_name": "Default Web Site'; Get-Process; #"
   }
   

2. Verify regex validation rejects this (field validation error, not API error)
3. Verify no PowerShell execution occurs

PASS if injection attempt blocked by field validation.

42.M7: SNI vs Non-SNI Binding

1. Create two IIS targets: one with sni: true, one with sni: false
2. Deploy certificates to both
3. Verify Set-WebBinding with -SslFlags 1 (SNI) for first target
4. Verify Set-WebBinding without SslFlags (no SNI) for second target
5. Test TLS connection to both sites, verify SNI-enabled site handles multiple domains correctly

PASS if SNI bindings configured correctly per target config.

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Part 18: Agent Operations

What this validates: Agent registration, heartbeat reporting, metadata collection, work polling, and CSR submission.

Why it matters: Agents are the remote executors — they deploy certificates to target infrastructure. If agents can't register, heartbeat, or receive work, the deployment model collapses.

18.1 Agent CRUD & Registration

Test 8.1.1 — Register new agent

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" \
  -d '{"id": "ag-test-new", "name": "Test Agent"}' \
  $SERVER/api/v1/agents | jq '{id, name, status}'

What: Registers a new agent with the control plane. Why: Agents self-register on first startup. If registration fails, the agent can't receive work. Expected: HTTP 201. id = "ag-test-new". PASS if HTTP 201. FAIL otherwise.

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Test 8.1.2 — List agents includes new agent

curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/agents" | jq '{total, ids: [.items[].id]}'

What: Verifies the newly registered agent appears in the list. Expected: total ≥ 6 (5 seed + 1 new). "ag-test-new" in IDs array. PASS if ag-test-new appears in the list. FAIL if missing.

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Test 8.1.3 — Get agent detail with metadata

curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/agents/ag-web-prod" | jq '{id, name, os, architecture, ip_address, version, status}'

What: Retrieves agent detail including system metadata reported via heartbeat. Why: Fleet management requires knowing each agent's OS, architecture, and version for grouping and targeting. Expected: HTTP 200. os, architecture fields present (from seed data metadata). PASS if HTTP 200 and metadata fields present. FAIL if fields are null/missing.

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18.2 Heartbeat

Test 8.2.1 — Agent heartbeat updates last_heartbeat_at

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" \
  -d '{"os": "linux", "architecture": "amd64", "ip_address": "10.0.1.50", "version": "0.2.0"}' \
  $SERVER/api/v1/agents/ag-test-new/heartbeat

What: Sends a heartbeat with system metadata. Why: Heartbeats keep the agent "alive" in the scheduler's health check. Missed heartbeats mark the agent offline. Expected: HTTP 200. PASS if HTTP 200. FAIL otherwise.

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Test 8.2.2 — Heartbeat metadata stored

curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/agents/ag-test-new" | jq '{os, architecture, ip_address, version}'

What: Verifies that heartbeat metadata was persisted. Expected: os = "linux", architecture = "amd64", ip_address = "10.0.1.50", version = "0.2.0". PASS if all 4 fields match. FAIL if any mismatch.

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Test 8.2.3 — Heartbeat for nonexistent agent

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" \
  -d '{}' \
  $SERVER/api/v1/agents/ag-nonexistent/heartbeat

What: Sends a heartbeat for an agent that wasn't registered. Why: Must return 404, not silently create a new agent record. Expected: HTTP 404. PASS if HTTP 404. FAIL if 200 or 201.

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18.3 Agent Work & CSR

Test 8.3.1 — Agent work polling returns jobs

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/agents/ag-web-prod/work" | jq .

What: Agent polls for pending work (deployments, CSR requests). Expected: HTTP 200 with array of work items (may be empty). PASS if HTTP 200. FAIL if 500.

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Test 8.3.2 — Agent work polling with no pending work

curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/agents/ag-test-new/work" | jq .

What: Polls work for an agent with no pending jobs. Expected: HTTP 200 with empty array or null. PASS if HTTP 200 and empty/null response. FAIL if 500.

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Test 8.3.3 — Agent certificate pickup

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/agents/ag-web-prod/certificates/mc-api-prod" | jq .

What: Agent fetches a specific certificate's data for deployment. Expected: HTTP 200 with certificate details. PASS if HTTP 200 with cert data. FAIL if 404 or 500.

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Test 8.3.4 — Delete agent for cleanup

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X DELETE -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/agents/ag-test-new"

What: Cleans up the test agent. Expected: HTTP 204 or 200. PASS if successful deletion. FAIL if 500.

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Part 19: Agent Work Routing (M31)

What this validates: Job-to-agent scoping. When an agent polls GET /agents/{id}/work, it must receive only jobs destined for its assigned targets — not every pending job in the system. This tests both the query scoping (ListPendingByAgentID) and the data wiring (agent_id populated on deployment job creation from the target→agent relationship).

Why it matters: Without agent work routing, every agent in a fleet sees every deployment job, leading to duplicate deployments, race conditions, and security violations (agents deploying certs to targets they shouldn't touch). This was a real bug — GetPendingWork() originally fetched ALL pending jobs and filtered in Go. The fix (M31) pushes scoping into the SQL query via a UNION of direct agent_id match and target→agent JOIN fallback for legacy jobs.

19.1 Multi-Agent Routing

What: Two agents, two targets, each agent polls for work and only sees jobs for its own target. Why: This is the primary correctness test. If agent-web-01 sees agent-lb-01's deployment job, the routing is broken. Tests the ListPendingByAgentID() UNION query (direct match + JOIN fallback).

Prerequisite: Two agents registered (agent-web-01, agent-lb-01), two targets (one per agent), one certificate mapped to both targets. Trigger renewal to create deployment jobs.

# Poll as agent-web-01 — should only see its deployment job
curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" \
  "http://localhost:8443/api/v1/agents/agent-web-01/work" | jq '.[] | .target_id'

# Poll as agent-lb-01 — should only see its deployment job
curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" \
  "http://localhost:8443/api/v1/agents/agent-lb-01/work" | jq '.[] | .target_id'

Expected: Each agent receives only the deployment job for its assigned target. Agent-web-01 does NOT see agent-lb-01's job and vice versa. PASS if each agent's work response contains only jobs for targets it owns.

19.2 Agent With No Targets Gets Empty Work

What: An agent with no target assignments polls for work and gets an empty response. Why: Edge case that prevents a newly registered agent from receiving phantom work items. Also validates that the UNION query returns empty rather than erroring when no targets match.

Prerequisite: Register a new agent with no target assignments.

curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" \
  "http://localhost:8443/api/v1/agents/agent-no-targets/work" | jq 'length'

Expected: Empty array (0 jobs). PASS if the response is an empty list.

19.3 Deployment Jobs Have agent_id Populated

What: Verifies that deployment jobs created by the renewal pipeline have agent_id set from the target's agent assignment. Why: This is the data wiring that makes routing possible. If agent_id is NULL on deployment jobs, ListPendingByAgentID() can't match them to agents. Tests createDeploymentJobs() in renewal.go and CreateDeploymentJobs() in deployment.go.

Prerequisite: Deployment jobs created via renewal or manual trigger.

# Check that deployment jobs in the system have agent_id set
curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" \
  "http://localhost:8443/api/v1/jobs" | jq '[.data[] | select(.type == "Deployment") | .agent_id] | map(select(. != null)) | length'

Expected: All deployment jobs for targets with agent assignments have agent_id populated. PASS if deployment jobs have non-null agent_id values.

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Part 20: Post-Deployment TLS Verification

Why test this?

Post-deployment verification is the final confidence check: after a certificate is deployed to a target, the agent probes the live TLS endpoint and confirms the served certificate matches what was deployed. This catches silent failures where a reload command exits 0 but the certificate doesn't take effect.

20.1: Submit Verification Result (Success)

# Create a deployment job first (or use an existing completed deployment job ID)
JOB_ID="j-deploy-001"

# Submit a successful verification result
curl -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" $SERVER/api/v1/jobs/$JOB_ID/verify -d '{
  "target_id": "tgt-nginx-prod",
  "expected_fingerprint": "sha256:abc123def456",
  "actual_fingerprint": "sha256:abc123def456",
  "verified": true
}'

Expected: 200 OK with {"job_id": "j-deploy-001", "verified": true, "verified_at": "..."}. PASS if response contains verified: true and a valid verified_at timestamp.

20.2: Submit Verification Result (Failure — Fingerprint Mismatch)

curl -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" $SERVER/api/v1/jobs/$JOB_ID/verify -d '{
  "target_id": "tgt-nginx-prod",
  "expected_fingerprint": "sha256:abc123def456",
  "actual_fingerprint": "sha256:zzz999different",
  "verified": false,
  "error": "fingerprint mismatch"
}'

Expected: 200 OK with verified: false. PASS if verification failure recorded without error status code (verification is best-effort).

20.3: Get Verification Status

curl -H "$AUTH" $SERVER/api/v1/jobs/$JOB_ID/verification | jq .

Expected: Returns the verification result previously submitted. PASS if response includes job_id, verified, verified_at, and actual_fingerprint.

20.4: Missing Required Fields

# Missing target_id
curl -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" $SERVER/api/v1/jobs/$JOB_ID/verify -d '{
  "expected_fingerprint": "sha256:abc",
  "actual_fingerprint": "sha256:abc",
  "verified": true
}'

Expected: 400 Bad Request with message about missing target_id. PASS if status code is 400.

20.5: Audit Trail

curl -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/audit?action=job_verification_success" | jq '.data[0]'

Expected: Audit event recorded with verification details (job_id, target_id, fingerprints). PASS if audit event exists with expected action and details.

20.6: Database Schema Verification

docker compose exec postgres psql -U certctl -d certctl -c \
  "SELECT column_name, data_type FROM information_schema.columns WHERE table_name='jobs' AND column_name LIKE 'verification%';"

Expected: Four columns: verification_status, verified_at, verification_fingerprint, verification_error. PASS if all four columns exist with correct types.

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Part 21: EST Server (RFC 7030)

Scope: Enrollment over Secure Transport — 4 endpoints under /.well-known/est/ for device certificate enrollment. Tests cover CA cert distribution, certificate enrollment (PEM and base64-DER CSR formats), re-enrollment, CSR attributes, wire format compliance, and error handling.

Prerequisites: Server running with CERTCTL_EST_ENABLED=true, CERTCTL_EST_ISSUER_ID=iss-local (or a valid issuer). An ECDSA P-256 key pair and CSR for enrollment tests.

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Test 26.1 — GET /.well-known/est/cacerts returns PKCS#7 CA chain

curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" \
  http://localhost:8443/.well-known/est/cacerts

Expected: HTTP 200, Content-Type: application/pkcs7-mime, Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64. Body is base64-encoded degenerate PKCS#7 SignedData containing the CA certificate chain. PASS if status = 200, correct content type, non-empty body.

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Test 26.2 — GET /cacerts method enforcement

curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" \
  http://localhost:8443/.well-known/est/cacerts

Expected: HTTP 405 Method Not Allowed. PASS if status = 405.

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Test 26.3 — POST /.well-known/est/simpleenroll with PEM CSR

Generate a test CSR and submit as PEM:

# Generate ECDSA P-256 key and CSR
openssl ecparam -name prime256v1 -genkey -noout -out /tmp/est-test.key
openssl req -new -key /tmp/est-test.key -out /tmp/est-test.csr \
  -subj "/CN=est-test.example.com" \
  -addext "subjectAltName=DNS:est-test.example.com"

# Submit PEM CSR
curl -s -w "\n%{http_code}" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/pkcs10" \
  --data-binary @/tmp/est-test.csr \
  http://localhost:8443/.well-known/est/simpleenroll

Expected: HTTP 200, Content-Type: application/pkcs7-mime, Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64. Body contains base64-encoded PKCS#7 with the signed certificate. PASS if status = 200, response decodes to valid PKCS#7.

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Test 26.4 — POST /simpleenroll with base64-encoded DER CSR

# Convert PEM CSR to base64-encoded DER (EST wire format)
openssl req -in /tmp/est-test.csr -outform DER | base64 > /tmp/est-test-b64der.csr

curl -s -w "\n%{http_code}" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/pkcs10" \
  --data-binary @/tmp/est-test-b64der.csr \
  http://localhost:8443/.well-known/est/simpleenroll

Expected: HTTP 200. Server auto-detects base64-encoded DER and converts to PEM internally. PASS if status = 200.

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Test 26.5 — POST /simpleenroll with empty body

curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/pkcs10" \
  -X POST -d "" \
  http://localhost:8443/.well-known/est/simpleenroll

Expected: HTTP 400 Bad Request. PASS if status = 400.

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Test 26.6 — POST /simpleenroll with invalid CSR

curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/pkcs10" \
  -X POST -d "not-a-valid-csr-at-all" \
  http://localhost:8443/.well-known/est/simpleenroll

Expected: HTTP 400 Bad Request. PASS if status = 400.

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Test 26.7 — POST /simpleenroll with CSR missing Common Name

openssl ecparam -name prime256v1 -genkey -noout -out /tmp/est-nocn.key
openssl req -new -key /tmp/est-nocn.key -out /tmp/est-nocn.csr -subj "/"

curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/pkcs10" \
  --data-binary @/tmp/est-nocn.csr \
  http://localhost:8443/.well-known/est/simpleenroll

Expected: HTTP 500 (service returns error for missing CN). Error message should reference "Common Name". PASS if status != 200.

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Test 26.8 — POST /simpleenroll method enforcement (GET not allowed)

curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" \
  http://localhost:8443/.well-known/est/simpleenroll

Expected: HTTP 405 Method Not Allowed. PASS if status = 405.

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Test 26.9 — POST /.well-known/est/simplereenroll (re-enrollment)

openssl ecparam -name prime256v1 -genkey -noout -out /tmp/est-renew.key
openssl req -new -key /tmp/est-renew.key -out /tmp/est-renew.csr \
  -subj "/CN=renew-est.example.com" \
  -addext "subjectAltName=DNS:renew-est.example.com"

curl -s -w "\n%{http_code}" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/pkcs10" \
  --data-binary @/tmp/est-renew.csr \
  http://localhost:8443/.well-known/est/simplereenroll

Expected: HTTP 200. Functionally identical to simpleenroll per RFC 7030 Section 4.2.2. PASS if status = 200, valid PKCS#7 response.

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Test 26.10 — GET /simplereenroll method enforcement

curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" \
  http://localhost:8443/.well-known/est/simplereenroll

Expected: HTTP 405 Method Not Allowed. PASS if status = 405.

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Test 26.11 — GET /.well-known/est/csrattrs returns 204 (no required attrs)

curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" \
  http://localhost:8443/.well-known/est/csrattrs

Expected: HTTP 204 No Content (default implementation requires no specific CSR attributes). PASS if status = 204.

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Test 26.12 — POST /csrattrs method enforcement

curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" \
  -X POST http://localhost:8443/.well-known/est/csrattrs

Expected: HTTP 405 Method Not Allowed. PASS if status = 405.

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Test 26.13 — EST enrollment creates audit event

After a successful simpleenroll request (Test 26.3), query the audit trail:

curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" \
  "http://localhost:8443/api/v1/audit?page=1&per_page=10" | \
  jq '.data[] | select(.action == "est_simple_enroll")'

Expected: At least one audit event with action: "est_simple_enroll", protocol: "EST" in details, and the enrolled CN in the details. PASS if audit event found with correct action and details.

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Test 26.14 — EST disabled returns 404

With CERTCTL_EST_ENABLED=false (default), EST endpoints should not be registered:

curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" http://localhost:8443/.well-known/est/cacerts

Expected: HTTP 404 Not Found (endpoints not registered when EST is disabled). PASS if status = 404.

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Test 26.15 — EST with profile binding

With CERTCTL_EST_PROFILE_ID=profile-wifi-client, verify that audit events include the profile_id in their details:

# After enrollment with profile binding, check audit
curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" \
  "http://localhost:8443/api/v1/audit?page=1&per_page=5" | \
  jq '.data[0].details.profile_id'

Expected: Profile ID appears in audit event details when configured. PASS if profile_id present in audit details.

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Part 22: Certificate Export (PEM & PKCS#12)

What: certctl lets operators export managed certificates in two formats — PEM (JSON or file download) and PKCS#12 (.p12 bundle). Private keys are never included in exports since they live exclusively on agents. This section verifies both export paths, the audit trail they produce, and the GUI integration.

Why: Certificate export is a daily operational task — feeding certs into load balancers that lack agent support, importing into Java trust stores, or handing off to external teams. If export silently produces malformed output or fails to audit, operators lose trust in the platform.

22.1: Export PEM (JSON Response)

What: GET /api/v1/certificates/{id}/export/pem returns a JSON object with the leaf certificate PEM, the CA chain PEM, and the full concatenated PEM. This is the default response format when no ?download=true query parameter is present.

Why: The JSON format lets automation scripts programmatically extract the leaf cert separately from the chain — a common need for split-file deployments (Apache, custom TLS termination).

# Use an existing certificate ID from seed data
CERT_ID="mc-api-prod"

curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" \
  "http://localhost:8443/api/v1/certificates/$CERT_ID/export/pem" | jq .

Expected: 200 OK with JSON body containing cert_pem (leaf), chain_pem (CA certs), and full_pem (concatenated).

PASS if:

• Response Content-Type is application/json
• cert_pem contains exactly one -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- block
• full_pem starts with the same block as cert_pem (leaf is first in chain)
• chain_pem is empty for self-signed CA or contains the issuing CA cert

FAIL if: Response is non-JSON, fields are missing, or full_pem doesn't equal cert_pem + chain_pem.

22.2: Export PEM (File Download)

What: Adding ?download=true to the PEM export endpoint returns the raw PEM file with Content-Type: application/x-pem-file and a Content-Disposition: attachment header, suitable for browser "Save As" workflows.

Why: The GUI uses this mode when operators click the "Export PEM" button — the browser should trigger a file download, not show JSON in the tab.

curl -s -D - -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" \
  "http://localhost:8443/api/v1/certificates/$CERT_ID/export/pem?download=true" \
  -o /tmp/exported.pem

# Verify the downloaded file is valid PEM
openssl x509 -in /tmp/exported.pem -noout -subject

Expected: 200 OK, headers include Content-Type: application/x-pem-file and Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="certificate.pem".

PASS if:

• The response headers match the expected Content-Type and Content-Disposition
• The saved file parses successfully with openssl x509
• The subject CN matches the certificate's common name

FAIL if: Headers are wrong (JSON Content-Type), file is empty, or openssl rejects the PEM.

22.3: Export PEM — Not Found

What: Requesting export for a nonexistent certificate ID returns 404.

curl -s -w "\n%{http_code}" -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" \
  "http://localhost:8443/api/v1/certificates/mc-nonexistent/export/pem"

Expected: 404 Not Found with error message. PASS if status code is 404 and body contains "not found".

22.4: Export PKCS#12

What: POST /api/v1/certificates/{id}/export/pkcs12 returns a binary PKCS#12 (.p12) file containing the certificate chain (no private key). An optional password field in the JSON body encrypts the bundle.

Why: PKCS#12 is the standard format for importing certificates into Java keystores (keytool), Windows certificate stores, and many commercial load balancers. The cert-only bundle (no private key) is safe to share with teams that only need trust anchors.

# Export with a password
curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"password": "export-test-2024"}' \
  "http://localhost:8443/api/v1/certificates/$CERT_ID/export/pkcs12" \
  -o /tmp/exported.p12

# Verify the PKCS#12 file (openssl should parse it)
openssl pkcs12 -in /tmp/exported.p12 -nokeys -passin pass:export-test-2024 -info

Expected: 200 OK, Content-Type application/x-pkcs12, Content-Disposition attachment; filename="certificate.p12".

PASS if:

• Binary .p12 file is returned (non-empty)
• openssl pkcs12 successfully parses the file with the correct password
• No private key is present in the output (cert-only trust store)

FAIL if: Response is JSON instead of binary, file is empty, or openssl rejects the PKCS#12 format.

22.5: Export PKCS#12 — Empty Password

What: The password field is optional. Omitting it (or sending an empty body) should still produce a valid PKCS#12 bundle encrypted with an empty password.

curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" \
  -X POST \
  "http://localhost:8443/api/v1/certificates/$CERT_ID/export/pkcs12" \
  -o /tmp/exported-nopass.p12

openssl pkcs12 -in /tmp/exported-nopass.p12 -nokeys -passin pass: -info

Expected: 200 OK with valid PKCS#12. PASS if openssl pkcs12 parses with an empty password.

22.6: Export Audit Trail

What: Both PEM and PKCS#12 exports record audit events (export_pem and export_pkcs12) with the certificate's serial number.

Why: Export operations are security-sensitive — knowing who exported what and when is critical for incident response and compliance (SOC 2 CC7, PCI-DSS Req 10).

# Export a cert (triggers audit event)
curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" \
  "http://localhost:8443/api/v1/certificates/$CERT_ID/export/pem" > /dev/null

# Check audit trail for the export event
curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" \
  "http://localhost:8443/api/v1/audit?resource_type=certificate&action=export_pem" | jq '.items[-1]'

Expected: Audit event with action export_pem, resource_type certificate, resource_id matching the cert ID. PASS if the audit event exists with serial number in metadata. FAIL if no audit event is recorded for the export.

22.7: Export Unit Tests

go test ./internal/service/ -run TestExport -v
go test ./internal/api/handler/ -run TestExport -v

Expected: All export service tests (9 tests) and handler tests (11 tests) pass. PASS if exit code 0 for both.

22.8: GUI Export Buttons

What: The certificate detail page shows "Export PEM" and "Export PKCS#12" buttons. PEM triggers a file download. PKCS#12 opens a password modal, then triggers a binary download.

How to test (manual browser test):

1. Navigate to a certificate detail page (e.g., /certificates/mc-api-prod)
2. Click "Export PEM" — browser should download certificate.pem
3. Click "Export PKCS#12" — password modal appears
4. Enter a password and confirm — browser should download certificate.p12

PASS if both downloads complete with non-empty files. FAIL if buttons are missing, modal doesn't appear, or downloads fail.

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Part 23: S/MIME & EKU Support

What: Certificate profiles can specify Extended Key Usage (EKU) constraints — serverAuth, clientAuth, codeSigning, emailProtection, timeStamping. The Local CA respects these EKUs during issuance, adapting the X.509 KeyUsage flags accordingly (TLS uses DigitalSignature|KeyEncipherment; S/MIME uses DigitalSignature|ContentCommitment). A demo prof-smime profile ships in seed data.

Why: S/MIME certificates protect email with digital signatures and encryption. They require the emailProtection EKU and ContentCommitment (formerly NonRepudiation) key usage flag. If the platform treats all certs as TLS certs, S/MIME certs will be rejected by mail clients.

23.1: S/MIME Profile Exists in Seed Data

What: The demo seed creates 5 profiles including prof-smime with emailProtection EKU.

curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" \
  "http://localhost:8443/api/v1/profiles/prof-smime" | jq '{name, allowed_ekus}'

Expected: 200 OK. Profile name is "S/MIME Email" and allowed_ekus contains ["emailProtection"]. PASS if the profile exists and EKUs match. FAIL if 404 or EKUs are wrong/missing.

23.2: All Five Profiles Present

What: The seed data creates 5 profiles total. Previous versions of this guide referenced 4 — the prof-smime profile was added in M27.

curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" \
  "http://localhost:8443/api/v1/profiles" | jq '.total'

Expected: total is 5 (prof-standard-tls, prof-internal-mtls, prof-short-lived, prof-wildcard, prof-smime). PASS if count is 5. FAIL if count is 4 or fewer (missing prof-smime).

23.3: EKU Strings in Profile API

What: The profile API accepts and returns EKU names as human-readable strings rather than OID numbers. The supported values are: serverAuth, clientAuth, codeSigning, emailProtection, timeStamping.

# Create a profile with codeSigning EKU
curl -s -X POST -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "id": "prof-test-codesign",
    "name": "Code Signing Test",
    "description": "Test profile for code signing",
    "allowed_key_algorithms": [{"algorithm": "ECDSA", "min_size": 256}],
    "max_ttl_seconds": 7776000,
    "allowed_ekus": ["codeSigning"]
  }' \
  "http://localhost:8443/api/v1/profiles" | jq '{id, allowed_ekus}'

Expected: 201 Created with allowed_ekus: ["codeSigning"]. PASS if the EKU round-trips correctly through create/get.

23.4: Agent CSR SAN Splitting (Email vs DNS)

What: When generating CSRs for S/MIME certificates, the agent splits SANs by type: values containing @ are placed in EmailAddresses (not DNSNames). This prevents mail clients from rejecting the cert due to incorrect SAN encoding.

Why: An email SAN like alice@example.com must appear in the X.509 rfc822Name SAN field, not the dNSName field. Incorrect encoding causes S/MIME validation failures.

This is tested via unit tests:

go test ./cmd/agent/ -run TestSAN -v

Expected: Tests pass showing email-type SANs are routed to EmailAddresses. PASS if exit code 0.

23.5: EKU Service-Layer Tests

go test ./internal/service/ -run TestEKU -v
go test ./internal/service/ -run TestCSRRenewal -v

Expected: Tests covering EKU resolution from profiles and issuance with non-default EKUs pass. PASS if exit code 0.

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Part 24: OCSP Responder & DER CRL

What: certctl includes an embedded OCSP responder and a DER-encoded CRL generator, both operating per-issuer. These are the standard online (OCSP) and offline (CRL) methods for checking certificate revocation status. Short-lived certificates (profile TTL < 1 hour) are exempt from both — their natural expiry is sufficient revocation.

Why: TLS clients need to verify that certificates haven't been revoked. Without OCSP/CRL, a compromised certificate remains trusted until it expires. The short-lived exemption avoids bloating the CRL with certs that expire before distribution.

M-006 note: CRL and OCSP are published at GET /.well-known/pki/crl/{issuer_id} (RFC 5280 §5, application/pkix-crl) and GET /.well-known/pki/ocsp/{issuer_id}/{serial} (RFC 6960, application/ocsp-response). Per RFC 8615, .well-known/pki/* is the relying-party namespace, and the endpoints are served unauthenticated — browsers, TLS libraries, and network appliances do not have certctl API keys. The legacy GET /api/v1/crl, GET /api/v1/crl/{issuer_id}, and GET /api/v1/ocsp/{issuer_id}/{serial} routes were removed.

24.1: DER-Encoded CRL (unauthenticated)

What: GET /.well-known/pki/crl/{issuer_id} returns a DER-encoded X.509 CRL signed by the issuing CA. Content-Type is application/pkix-crl. The CRL has 24-hour validity.

Why: This is the RFC 5280 §5 wire format that browsers, TLS libraries, and LDAP directories consume. It must be reachable without any Authorization header so that relying parties — who have no certctl credentials — can fetch it.

# Request DER CRL for the local issuer. No Authorization header.
curl -s -D - "http://localhost:8443/.well-known/pki/crl/iss-local" \
  -o /tmp/crl.der

# Verify it's valid DER CRL with openssl
openssl crl -in /tmp/crl.der -inform DER -noout -text

Expected: 200 OK, Content-Type application/pkix-crl.

PASS if:

• openssl crl parses the DER file successfully
• Issuer field shows the Local CA's common name
• Validity period is present (thisUpdate / nextUpdate)
• If any certs have been revoked, they appear in the revocation list with serial + reason

FAIL if: Response is JSON (wrong endpoint), openssl rejects the DER format, headers are wrong, or the server returns 401/403 (auth must NOT be required).

24.2: DER CRL — Nonexistent Issuer

curl -s -w "\n%{http_code}" \
  "http://localhost:8443/.well-known/pki/crl/iss-nonexistent"

Expected: 404 Not Found. PASS if status code is 404 and body contains "not found".

24.3: OCSP Responder — Good Status (unauthenticated)

What: GET /.well-known/pki/ocsp/{issuer_id}/{serial} returns a signed OCSP response. For a non-revoked certificate, the status is "good".

Why: OCSP is the real-time RFC 6960 revocation check that TLS clients perform during the handshake. A "good" response tells the client the cert is still valid. Relying parties fetch this without API credentials.

# First, get a certificate's serial number (this uses the authenticated API
# because the operator has an API key — that is different from the relying
# party fetching the OCSP response).
SERIAL=$(curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" \
  "http://localhost:8443/api/v1/certificates/mc-api-prod" | jq -r '.latest_version.serial_number // empty')

# Query OCSP without any Authorization header.
if [ -n "$SERIAL" ]; then
  curl -s -D - "http://localhost:8443/.well-known/pki/ocsp/iss-local/$SERIAL" \
    -o /tmp/ocsp.der

  # Parse OCSP response
  openssl ocsp -respin /tmp/ocsp.der -text -noverify
fi

Expected: 200 OK, Content-Type application/ocsp-response. OCSP response shows Cert Status: good.

PASS if:

• OCSP response parses successfully
• Certificate status is "good" for a non-revoked cert
• Response is signed (producedAt timestamp present)

FAIL if: Response is JSON, OCSP status is wrong, openssl rejects the response, or the endpoint requires auth.

24.4: OCSP Responder — Revoked Status

What: After revoking a certificate, the OCSP responder should return "revoked" with the revocation reason and timestamp.

# Revoke a certificate first (see Part 5 for revocation)
curl -s -X POST -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"reason": "keyCompromise"}' \
  "http://localhost:8443/api/v1/certificates/$CERT_ID/revoke"

# Then query OCSP — unauthenticated.
curl -s "http://localhost:8443/.well-known/pki/ocsp/iss-local/$SERIAL" \
  -o /tmp/ocsp-revoked.der

openssl ocsp -respin /tmp/ocsp-revoked.der -text -noverify

Expected: OCSP response shows Cert Status: revoked, revocation time, and reason code (1 = keyCompromise). PASS if status is "revoked" with correct reason. FAIL if status is still "good" after revocation.

24.5: OCSP — Unknown Certificate

What: Querying a serial number that doesn't exist in the inventory returns an "unknown" OCSP status (not an error — this is the correct OCSP behavior per RFC 6960).

curl -s "http://localhost:8443/.well-known/pki/ocsp/iss-local/DEADBEEF" \
  -o /tmp/ocsp-unknown.der

openssl ocsp -respin /tmp/ocsp-unknown.der -text -noverify

Expected: OCSP response with Cert Status: unknown. PASS if status is "unknown" (not a 404 HTTP error).

24.6: Short-Lived Certificate CRL Exemption

What: Certificates issued under a profile with TTL < 1 hour are excluded from both CRL and OCSP responses. Their natural expiry is considered sufficient revocation.

Why: Short-lived certs (used in mTLS, CI/CD pipelines) would bloat the CRL with entries that expire within minutes. The crypto community consensus (per Google's Certificate Transparency policy) is that short-lived certs don't need revocation infrastructure.

To test: revoke a cert that was issued under the prof-short-lived profile, then check the DER CRL. The revoked short-lived cert should NOT appear.

# After revoking a short-lived cert (serial SHORT_SERIAL). No auth needed.
curl -s "http://localhost:8443/.well-known/pki/crl/iss-local" -o /tmp/crl.der

openssl crl -in /tmp/crl.der -inform DER -text | grep -i "$SHORT_SERIAL"

Expected: The short-lived cert's serial does NOT appear in the CRL. PASS if short-lived cert is absent from CRL despite being revoked.

24.7: OCSP / CRL Unit Tests

go test ./internal/service/ -run "TestGenerateDERCRL|TestGetOCSPResponse" -v
go test ./internal/api/handler/ -run "TestDERCRL|TestOCSP" -v
go test ./internal/connector/issuer/local/ -run "TestGenerateCRL|TestSignOCSP" -v

Expected: All tests pass (8 service tests, handler tests, connector tests). PASS if exit code 0 for all three test suites.

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Part 25: Certificate Discovery (Filesystem + Network)

What this validates: Filesystem discovery (agents scanning for existing certs), network discovery (server-side TLS scanning), and the triage workflow.

Why it matters: Organizations often have thousands of unmanaged certificates scattered across servers. Discovery finds them so they can be brought under management.

25.1 Filesystem Discovery

Test 15.1.1 — Submit discovery report

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" \
  -d '{
    "agent_id": "ag-web-prod",
    "certificates": [{
      "common_name": "discovered.test.local",
      "serial_number": "ABC123",
      "issuer_dn": "CN=Test CA",
      "subject_dn": "CN=discovered.test.local",
      "not_before": "2026-01-01T00:00:00Z",
      "not_after": "2027-01-01T00:00:00Z",
      "key_algorithm": "RSA",
      "key_size": 2048,
      "fingerprint_sha256": "aabbccdd11223344aabbccdd11223344aabbccdd11223344aabbccdd11223344",
      "source_path": "/etc/ssl/certs/discovered.pem"
    }]
  }' \
  $SERVER/api/v1/agents/ag-web-prod/discoveries | jq .

What: Agent submits a filesystem scan report with one discovered certificate. Why: This is the primary data ingestion path for discovery. Expected: HTTP 200. PASS if HTTP 200. FAIL if 400 or 500.

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Test 15.1.2 — Submit report with multiple certificates

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" \
  -d '{
    "agent_id": "ag-web-prod",
    "certificates": [
      {"common_name": "multi1.test.local", "serial_number": "M001", "issuer_dn": "CN=CA", "subject_dn": "CN=multi1.test.local", "not_before": "2026-01-01T00:00:00Z", "not_after": "2027-01-01T00:00:00Z", "key_algorithm": "ECDSA", "key_size": 256, "fingerprint_sha256": "1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111", "source_path": "/certs/multi1.pem"},
      {"common_name": "multi2.test.local", "serial_number": "M002", "issuer_dn": "CN=CA", "subject_dn": "CN=multi2.test.local", "not_before": "2026-01-01T00:00:00Z", "not_after": "2027-01-01T00:00:00Z", "key_algorithm": "RSA", "key_size": 4096, "fingerprint_sha256": "2222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222", "source_path": "/certs/multi2.pem"}
    ]
  }' \
  $SERVER/api/v1/agents/ag-web-prod/discoveries

Expected: HTTP 200. Both certificates stored. PASS if HTTP 200. FAIL otherwise.

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Test 15.1.3 — Duplicate fingerprint deduplication

# Submit the same fingerprint again
curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" \
  -d '{
    "agent_id": "ag-web-prod",
    "certificates": [{"common_name": "discovered.test.local", "serial_number": "ABC123", "issuer_dn": "CN=Test CA", "subject_dn": "CN=discovered.test.local", "not_before": "2026-01-01T00:00:00Z", "not_after": "2027-01-01T00:00:00Z", "key_algorithm": "RSA", "key_size": 2048, "fingerprint_sha256": "aabbccdd11223344aabbccdd11223344aabbccdd11223344aabbccdd11223344", "source_path": "/etc/ssl/certs/discovered.pem"}]
  }' \
  $SERVER/api/v1/agents/ag-web-prod/discoveries
# Check total count hasn't doubled
curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/discovered-certificates" | jq '.total'

What: Submits the same certificate fingerprint a second time. Why: Dedup by fingerprint prevents the same physical cert from creating multiple discovery records. Expected: HTTP 200 on resubmission. Total count doesn't increase (upsert, not insert). PASS if total is same as before resubmission. FAIL if total increased.

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Test 15.1.4 — List discovered certificates

curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/discovered-certificates" | jq '{total, items_count: (.items | length)}'

Expected: HTTP 200. total ≥ 3 (from tests above). PASS if total ≥ 3. FAIL otherwise.

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Test 15.1.5 — Filter by status: Unmanaged

curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/discovered-certificates?status=Unmanaged" | jq '{total}'

Expected: HTTP 200. All items have Unmanaged status. PASS if HTTP 200 and total > 0. FAIL if 500.

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Test 15.1.6 — Filter by agent_id

curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/discovered-certificates?agent_id=ag-web-prod" | jq '{total}'

Expected: HTTP 200. PASS if HTTP 200. FAIL if 500.

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Test 15.1.7 — Get discovered certificate detail

DISC_ID=$(curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/discovered-certificates?per_page=1" | jq -r '.items[0].id')
curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/discovered-certificates/$DISC_ID" | jq '{id, common_name, status, fingerprint_sha256}'

Expected: HTTP 200 with full discovery record. PASS if HTTP 200 and all fields present. FAIL otherwise.

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Test 15.1.8 — Claim discovered certificate

DISC_ID=$(curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/discovered-certificates?status=Unmanaged&per_page=1" | jq -r '.items[0].id')
curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" \
  -d '{"managed_certificate_id": "mc-api-prod"}' \
  $SERVER/api/v1/discovered-certificates/$DISC_ID/claim

What: Claims (links) a discovered cert to an existing managed certificate. Why: This is how operators bring discovered certs under certctl management. Expected: HTTP 200. Status changes to "Managed". PASS if HTTP 200. FAIL otherwise.

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Test 15.1.9 — Dismiss discovered certificate

DISC_ID=$(curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/discovered-certificates?status=Unmanaged&per_page=1" | jq -r '.items[0].id')
curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" \
  -d '{"reason": "Known self-signed test cert"}' \
  $SERVER/api/v1/discovered-certificates/$DISC_ID/dismiss

What: Dismisses a discovered cert from the triage queue. Why: Not every discovered cert needs management. Dismiss removes it from the "needs attention" view. Expected: HTTP 200. Status changes to "Dismissed". PASS if HTTP 200. FAIL otherwise.

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Test 15.1.10 — List discovery scans

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/discovery-scans" | jq '{total}'

What: Lists discovery scan history. Expected: HTTP 200 with scan records (from the submissions above). PASS if HTTP 200 and total ≥ 1. FAIL otherwise.

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Test 15.1.11 — Discovery summary

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/discovery-summary" | jq .

What: Returns aggregate counts by discovery status. Expected: HTTP 200 with counts for Unmanaged, Managed, Dismissed. PASS if HTTP 200 and status counts present. FAIL otherwise.

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25.2 Network Discovery

Test 15.2.1 — List network scan targets (seed data)

curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/network-scan-targets" | jq '{total, ids: [.items[].id]}'

What: Lists seed network scan targets. Expected: total = 3 (nst-dc1-web, nst-dc2-apps, nst-dmz). PASS if total = 3 and all 3 IDs present. FAIL otherwise.

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Test 15.2.2 — Create network scan target

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" \
  -d '{"id": "nst-test", "name": "Test Scan Target", "cidrs": ["192.168.1.0/24"], "ports": [443, 8443], "scan_interval_hours": 12}' \
  $SERVER/api/v1/network-scan-targets | jq '{id, name, cidrs, ports}'

What: Creates a new network scan target with CIDR range and ports. Expected: HTTP 201 with all fields. PASS if HTTP 201 and cidrs contains "192.168.1.0/24". FAIL otherwise.

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Test 15.2.3 — Get scan target detail

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/network-scan-targets/nst-test" | jq '{id, cidrs, ports}'

Expected: HTTP 200 with matching fields. PASS if HTTP 200. FAIL otherwise.

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Test 15.2.4 — Update scan target

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X PUT -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" \
  -d '{"name": "Updated Target", "cidrs": ["192.168.1.0/24", "10.0.0.0/24"], "ports": [443]}' \
  $SERVER/api/v1/network-scan-targets/nst-test | jq '{name, cidrs}'

Expected: HTTP 200. cidrs now has 2 entries. PASS if HTTP 200 and cidrs updated. FAIL otherwise.

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Test 15.2.5 — Delete scan target

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X DELETE -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/network-scan-targets/nst-test"

Expected: HTTP 204. PASS if HTTP 204. FAIL otherwise.

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Test 15.2.6 — Trigger manual scan

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" \
  -d '{}' \
  $SERVER/api/v1/network-scan-targets/nst-dc1-web/scan

What: Triggers an immediate network scan on a target. Why: Operators need to scan on-demand, not just on the 6h schedule. Expected: HTTP 200 or 202. PASS if HTTP 200/202. FAIL if 500.

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Test 15.2.7 — Invalid CIDR validation

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" \
  -d '{"id": "nst-bad", "name": "Bad Target", "cidrs": ["not-a-cidr"], "ports": [443]}' \
  $SERVER/api/v1/network-scan-targets

What: Attempts to create a scan target with invalid CIDR notation. Why: Bad CIDRs would cause the scanner to crash or scan random addresses. Expected: HTTP 400 with validation error. PASS if HTTP 400. FAIL if 201.

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Part 26: Enhanced Query API

What this validates: Advanced query features — sparse fields, sorting, cursor pagination, time-range filters, and combined filters.

Why it matters: These features reduce API bandwidth, enable efficient pagination for large inventories, and power the GUI's advanced filtering.

Test 16.1.1 — Sparse fields: only requested fields returned

curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/certificates?fields=id,common_name&per_page=3" | jq '.items[0] | keys'

What: Requests only id and common_name fields. Expected: Keys array contains only ["common_name", "id"]. PASS if only requested fields present. FAIL if additional fields.

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Test 16.1.2 — Sort ascending: commonName

curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/certificates?sort=commonName&per_page=5" | jq '[.items[].common_name]'

Expected: Names in ascending alphabetical order. PASS if sorted A→Z. FAIL if unsorted.

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Test 16.1.3 — Sort descending: notAfter

curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/certificates?sort=-notAfter&per_page=5" | jq '[.items[].not_after]'

Expected: Dates in descending order. PASS if sorted newest→oldest. FAIL if unsorted.

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Test 16.1.4 — Sort by invalid field

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/certificates?sort=hackMe"

What: Attempts to sort by a field not in the whitelist. Why: Sorting by arbitrary columns could be a SQL injection vector or expose internal fields. Expected: HTTP 400 (invalid sort field) or HTTP 200 (ignored, default sort applied). PASS if HTTP 400 or 200 with default ordering. FAIL if 500.

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Test 16.1.5 — Cursor pagination first page

curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/certificates?page_size=3" | jq '{next_cursor, items_count: (.items | length)}'

Expected: next_cursor present, items_count = 3. PASS if next_cursor non-null. FAIL if missing.

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Test 16.1.6 — Cursor pagination second page

CURSOR=$(curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/certificates?page_size=3" | jq -r '.next_cursor')
FIRST_ID=$(curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/certificates?page_size=3" | jq -r '.items[0].id')
SECOND_PAGE_ID=$(curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/certificates?page_size=3&cursor=$CURSOR" | jq -r '.items[0].id')
echo "Page 1 first: $FIRST_ID, Page 2 first: $SECOND_PAGE_ID"

Expected: Different IDs on page 1 vs page 2. PASS if IDs differ. FAIL if same.

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Test 16.1.7 — Time-range: expires_before

curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/certificates?expires_before=2027-01-01T00:00:00Z" | jq '{total}'

Expected: HTTP 200 with total > 0. PASS if total > 0. FAIL otherwise.

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Test 16.1.8 — Time-range: created_after

curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/certificates?created_after=2025-01-01T00:00:00Z" | jq '{total}'

Expected: HTTP 200 with total > 0. PASS if total > 0. FAIL otherwise.

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Test 16.1.9 — Combined filters

curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/certificates?status=Active&sort=-notAfter&fields=id,common_name,status&per_page=5" | jq '{total, items_count: (.items | length), first_keys: (.items[0] | keys)}'

What: Combines status filter + sort + sparse fields + pagination in one query. Why: Real-world API usage combines multiple features. They must work together, not interfere. Expected: All items Active, sorted by notAfter desc, only requested fields present, max 5 items. PASS if all constraints applied simultaneously. FAIL if any constraint ignored.

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Part 27: Request Body Size Limits

What: The NewBodyLimit middleware wraps request bodies with http.MaxBytesReader, enforcing a configurable maximum payload size (default 1MB). Oversized requests receive a 413 Request Entity Too Large response. This protects against memory exhaustion and denial of service (CWE-400).

Why: Without body limits, an attacker could send a multi-gigabyte POST to exhaust server memory. The 1MB default is generous for certificate API payloads (a typical CSR is ~1KB, a PKCS#12 export request is <100 bytes) while blocking abuse.

27.1: Default 1MB Limit

What: With default configuration (CERTCTL_MAX_BODY_SIZE unset), the server rejects request bodies larger than 1MB.

# Generate a payload slightly over 1MB
dd if=/dev/urandom bs=1024 count=1025 2>/dev/null | base64 > /tmp/big-payload.txt

curl -s -w "\n%{http_code}" -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d "{\"name\": \"$(cat /tmp/big-payload.txt)\"}" \
  "http://localhost:8443/api/v1/certificates"

Expected: The server returns an error (likely 400 or 413) when the body exceeds 1MB. PASS if the request is rejected and does not cause server memory issues. FAIL if the server accepts the oversized payload or crashes.

27.2: Normal-Sized Requests Work

What: Standard API requests well under the limit work normally.

curl -s -w "\n%{http_code}" -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"id": "mc-test-bodylimit", "common_name": "bodylimit.test.local", "issuer_id": "iss-local"}' \
  "http://localhost:8443/api/v1/certificates"

Expected: 201 Created — normal payloads are unaffected by the body limit. PASS if status code is 201.

27.3: Custom Body Size via Environment Variable

What: Set CERTCTL_MAX_BODY_SIZE to a custom value (e.g., 2097152 for 2MB) and verify the new limit is respected.

How: Restart the server with the env var set, then repeat test 32.1. A 1.1MB payload should now be accepted; a 2.1MB payload should be rejected.

PASS if the configured limit is enforced instead of the 1MB default.

27.4: Requests Without Bodies Are Unaffected

What: GET requests and other methods without request bodies pass through the body limit middleware without interference.

curl -s -w "\n%{http_code}" -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" \
  "http://localhost:8443/api/v1/certificates" | tail -1

Expected: 200 OK — body limit middleware only applies to requests with bodies. PASS if GET requests are unaffected.

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Part 28: CLI Tool

What this validates: The certctl-cli binary — all subcommands, output formats, flag overrides, and error handling.

Why it matters: The CLI is how DevOps engineers interact with certctl in scripts, CI/CD, and terminals. If CLI commands are broken, automation pipelines fail.

28.1 Setup

export CERTCTL_SERVER_URL=$SERVER
export CERTCTL_API_KEY=$API_KEY

28.2 Certificate Commands

Test 17.2.1 — List certificates (table format)

./certctl-cli certs list

What: Lists certificates in the default table format. Expected: Tabular output with columns (ID, Common Name, Status, etc.). At least 15 rows. PASS if table renders with data. FAIL if error or empty.

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Test 17.2.2 — List certificates (JSON format)

./certctl-cli --format json certs list

What: Lists certificates in JSON format. Expected: Valid JSON array output. PASS if valid JSON with certificate data. FAIL if parse error.

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Test 17.2.3 — Get specific certificate

./certctl-cli certs get mc-api-prod

What: Fetches a specific cert by ID. Expected: Certificate detail for mc-api-prod displayed. PASS if output shows mc-api-prod details. FAIL if error.

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Test 17.2.4 — Get nonexistent certificate

./certctl-cli certs get mc-nonexistent 2>&1

What: Fetches a cert that doesn't exist. Expected: Error message (not a stack trace). PASS if clean error message. FAIL if panic or no output.

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Test 17.2.5 — Renew certificate

./certctl-cli certs renew mc-pay-prod

What: Triggers renewal via CLI. Expected: Success message or job ID. PASS if success output. FAIL if error.

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Test 17.2.6 — Revoke certificate with reason

./certctl-cli certs revoke mc-auth-prod --reason superseded

What: Revokes via CLI with an RFC 5280 reason. Expected: Success message indicating revocation. PASS if success output. FAIL if error.

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28.3 Agent & Job Commands

Test 17.3.1 — List agents

./certctl-cli agents list

Expected: Table with 5+ agents. PASS if agent data displayed. FAIL if error.

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Test 17.3.2 — List jobs

./certctl-cli jobs list

Expected: Table with job data. PASS if job data displayed. FAIL if error.

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28.4 System Commands

Test 17.4.1 — Server status/health

./certctl-cli status

What: Shows server health and summary stats. Expected: Health status and cert/agent counts. PASS if health info displayed. FAIL if connection error.

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Test 17.4.2 — CLI version

./certctl-cli version

Expected: Version string (e.g., "certctl-cli version 0.1.0"). PASS if version displayed. FAIL if error.

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28.5 Bulk Import

Test 17.5.1 — Import single PEM file

# Create a test PEM file
cat > /tmp/test-import.pem << 'CERTEOF'
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIIBkTCB+wIJALRiMLAh++nfMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBCwUAMBExDzANBgNVBAMMBnRl
c3RjYTAeFw0yNTAxMDEwMDAwMDBaFw0yNjAxMDEwMDAwMDBaMBQxEjAQBgNVBAMM
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-----END CERTIFICATE-----
CERTEOF
./certctl-cli import /tmp/test-import.pem

What: Imports a PEM file containing one certificate. Expected: Success message with import count. PASS if import succeeds. FAIL if parse error.

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28.6 Flag Overrides

Test 17.6.1 — --server flag overrides env var

./certctl-cli --server http://localhost:8443 status

Expected: Uses the flag value, not the env var. PASS if status displayed. FAIL if connection error.

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Test 17.6.2 — --api-key flag overrides env var

./certctl-cli --api-key "change-me-in-production" status

Expected: Uses the flag API key. PASS if status displayed. FAIL if auth error.

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Test 17.6.3 — Missing server URL produces error

unset CERTCTL_SERVER_URL
./certctl-cli certs list 2>&1
export CERTCTL_SERVER_URL=$SERVER  # Restore

What: Runs CLI with no server URL configured. Expected: Error message about missing server URL (or defaults to localhost). PASS if meaningful error or default fallback. FAIL if panic.

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Part 29: MCP Server

What this validates: The Model Context Protocol server — binary build, startup, tool registration, and tool invocation via JSON-RPC over stdio.

Why it matters: MCP is the AI adoption driver. If developers can manage certificates from Claude or Cursor, certctl becomes part of their daily workflow.

29.1 Build & Startup

Test 18.1.1 — Binary builds successfully

go build -o certctl-mcp ./cmd/mcp-server/... && echo "BUILD OK"

Expected: "BUILD OK" — no compile errors. PASS if binary created. FAIL if compile error.

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Test 18.1.2 — Startup with valid env vars

timeout 3 bash -c 'CERTCTL_SERVER_URL=$SERVER CERTCTL_API_KEY=$API_KEY ./certctl-mcp 2>&1' || true

What: Starts the MCP server and captures stderr output for 3 seconds. Why: The server should print its version and backend URL on startup without errors. Expected: Output contains version info. No panic or fatal error. PASS if no errors in output. FAIL if panic or fatal.

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Test 18.1.3 — Missing CERTCTL_SERVER_URL behavior

timeout 3 bash -c 'CERTCTL_API_KEY=$API_KEY ./certctl-mcp 2>&1' || true

What: Starts without a server URL. Expected: Either defaults to localhost:8443 or prints an error. No panic. PASS if no panic. FAIL if panic/crash.

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29.2 Tool Registration

Test 18.2.1 — Tool count verification

echo '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"tools/list","id":1}' | \
  CERTCTL_SERVER_URL=$SERVER CERTCTL_API_KEY=$API_KEY timeout 5 ./certctl-mcp 2>/dev/null | \
  jq '.result.tools | length'

What: Sends a JSON-RPC tools/list request via stdin and counts registered tools. Why: All 78 API endpoints must be exposed as MCP tools. Missing tools mean missing LLM capabilities. Expected: 78 PASS if count = 78. FAIL if different.

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Test 18.2.2 — All 16 resource domains present

echo '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"tools/list","id":1}' | \
  CERTCTL_SERVER_URL=$SERVER CERTCTL_API_KEY=$API_KEY timeout 5 ./certctl-mcp 2>/dev/null | \
  jq '[.result.tools[].name | split("_")[0]] | unique | sort'

What: Extracts the domain prefix from each tool name and checks all 16 domains are represented. Expected: Array includes prefixes for certificates, crl, issuers, targets, agents, jobs, policies, profiles, teams, owners, agent groups, audit, notifications, stats, metrics, health. PASS if all 16 domains present. FAIL if any missing.

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29.3 Tool Invocation

Test 18.3.1 — List certificates via MCP

echo '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"list_certificates","arguments":{}},"id":2}' | \
  CERTCTL_SERVER_URL=$SERVER CERTCTL_API_KEY=$API_KEY timeout 10 ./certctl-mcp 2>/dev/null | \
  jq '.result'

What: Invokes the list_certificates tool via JSON-RPC. Why: Tool registration is necessary but not sufficient — the tool must actually proxy to the HTTP API and return data. Expected: Result contains certificate data from the running server. PASS if result contains certificate data. FAIL if error or empty.

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Test 18.3.2 — Get specific certificate via MCP

echo '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"get_certificate","arguments":{"id":"mc-api-prod"}},"id":3}' | \
  CERTCTL_SERVER_URL=$SERVER CERTCTL_API_KEY=$API_KEY timeout 10 ./certctl-mcp 2>/dev/null | \
  jq '.result'

What: Invokes get_certificate with a known ID. Expected: Result contains mc-api-prod certificate detail. PASS if result contains the cert data. FAIL if error.

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Part 30: Observability

What this validates: Dashboard stats, JSON/Prometheus metrics, and structured logging — the operator's visibility into system health.

Why it matters: Without observability, operators are flying blind. They can't tell if renewals are succeeding, how many certs are expiring, or whether the system is healthy.

30.1 Stats Endpoints

Test 13.1.1 — Dashboard summary

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/stats/summary" | jq .

What: Fetches the high-level dashboard summary. Why: This powers the four stat cards on the GUI dashboard. Expected: HTTP 200 with fields: total_certificates, active_certificates, expiring_certificates, expired_certificates. PASS if HTTP 200 and all four fields present with numeric values. FAIL otherwise.

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Test 13.1.2 — Certificates by status

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/stats/certificates-by-status" | jq .

What: Returns certificate count broken down by status. Why: Powers the donut chart in the GUI. Each status (Active, Expiring, Expired, Revoked) should have a count. Expected: HTTP 200 with array of {status, count} objects. PASS if HTTP 200 and array contains status breakdowns. FAIL otherwise.

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Test 13.1.3 — Expiration timeline

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/stats/expiration-timeline?days=90" | jq .

What: Returns weekly expiration buckets for the next 90 days. Why: Powers the expiration heatmap chart. Operators need to see when the next wave of renewals is due. Expected: HTTP 200 with array of time-bucketed data points. PASS if HTTP 200 with data array. FAIL otherwise.

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Test 13.1.4 — Job trends

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/stats/job-trends?days=30" | jq .

What: Returns job success/failure trends for the last 30 days. Expected: HTTP 200 with trend data points. PASS if HTTP 200. FAIL otherwise.

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Test 13.1.5 — Issuance rate

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/stats/issuance-rate?days=30" | jq .

What: Returns certificate issuance rate over time. Expected: HTTP 200 with rate data. PASS if HTTP 200. FAIL otherwise.

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Test 13.1.6 — Stats with invalid days parameter

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/stats/expiration-timeline?days=abc"

What: Sends an invalid non-numeric days parameter. Why: Should default to a reasonable value or return 400 — not crash. Expected: HTTP 200 (with default days) or HTTP 400. PASS if HTTP 200 or 400. FAIL if 500.

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30.2 JSON Metrics

Test 13.2.1 — JSON metrics endpoint

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/metrics" | jq '{gauges: (.gauges | keys), counters: (.counters | keys), uptime_seconds}'

What: Fetches the JSON metrics endpoint. Why: This is the machine-readable metrics format for custom integrations and monitoring. Expected: HTTP 200. gauges contains certificate/agent metrics, counters contains job metrics, uptime_seconds > 0. PASS if HTTP 200, gauges and counters present, uptime > 0. FAIL otherwise.

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Test 13.2.2 — Metric values are non-negative

curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/metrics" | jq '[.gauges | to_entries[] | select(.value < 0)] | length'

What: Checks all gauge values are ≥ 0. Why: Negative certificate counts or agent counts indicate a counting bug. Expected: Length = 0 (no negative values). PASS if count = 0. FAIL if any negative values found.

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Test 13.2.3 — Uptime is positive

curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/metrics" | jq '.uptime_seconds'

What: Verifies the server reports positive uptime. Expected: Value > 0. PASS if uptime > 0. FAIL if 0 or negative.

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30.3 Prometheus Metrics

Test 13.3.1 — Prometheus content type

curl -s -D - -o /dev/null -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/metrics/prometheus" | grep -i "content-type"

What: Verifies the Prometheus endpoint returns the correct Content-Type. Why: Prometheus scrapers validate Content-Type. Wrong type = scrape failure = no monitoring. Expected: Content-Type: text/plain (or text/plain; version=0.0.4). PASS if Content-Type contains text/plain. FAIL otherwise.

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Test 13.3.2 — Prometheus output contains HELP lines

curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/metrics/prometheus" | grep -c "^# HELP"

What: Counts # HELP comment lines (metric descriptions). Why: HELP lines are required by the Prometheus exposition format. Missing = non-compliant. Expected: Count > 0 (one per metric). PASS if count > 0. FAIL if 0.

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Test 13.3.3 — Prometheus output contains TYPE lines

curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/metrics/prometheus" | grep -c "^# TYPE"

What: Counts # TYPE annotations (gauge/counter declarations). Expected: Count > 0. PASS if count > 0. FAIL if 0.

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Test 13.3.4 — All documented Prometheus metrics present

METRICS=$(curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/metrics/prometheus")
for m in certctl_certificate_total certctl_certificate_active certctl_certificate_expiring_soon certctl_certificate_expired certctl_certificate_revoked certctl_agent_total certctl_agent_online certctl_job_pending certctl_job_completed_total certctl_job_failed_total certctl_uptime_seconds; do
  echo -n "$m: "
  echo "$METRICS" | grep -c "^$m "
done

What: Verifies all documented Prometheus metrics are present in the output. Why: Missing metrics mean missing dashboard panels in Grafana. Each metric was chosen for operational value. Expected: Each metric reports count = 1 (present). PASS if all metrics show count = 1. FAIL if any shows 0.

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Test 13.3.5 — Prometheus metric values are parseable numbers

curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/metrics/prometheus" | grep -v "^#" | grep -v "^$" | awk '{print $2}' | while read val; do
  echo "$val" | grep -qE '^[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?$' || echo "INVALID: $val"
done

What: Verifies all metric values are valid numbers (not NaN, not strings). Why: Non-numeric values cause Prometheus scrape errors and break dashboards. Expected: No "INVALID" lines printed. PASS if no invalid values found. FAIL if any invalid values.

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Test 13.3.6 — Method not allowed on metrics (POST)

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X POST -H "$AUTH" $SERVER/api/v1/metrics

What: Sends POST to a GET-only endpoint. Expected: HTTP 405 (Method Not Allowed). PASS if HTTP 405. FAIL if 200 or 500.

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Part 31: Notifications

What this validates: Notification creation, listing, and read status management.

Why it matters: Notifications are how certctl tells operators about important events (expiring certs, failed renewals, revocations). If notifications are lost or unreadable, operators miss critical events.

31.1 Notification Queries

Test 12.1.1 — List notifications with pagination

curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/notifications?per_page=5" | jq '{total, items_count: (.items | length), first_type: .items[0].type}'

What: Lists notifications with pagination. Expected: total ≥ 6 (seed notifications). Items present. PASS if HTTP 200 and total ≥ 1. FAIL if 500 or total = 0.

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Test 12.1.2 — Get single notification

NOTIF_ID=$(curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/notifications?per_page=1" | jq -r '.items[0].id')
curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/notifications/$NOTIF_ID" | jq '{id, type, read}'

What: Fetches a specific notification by ID. Expected: HTTP 200 with notification detail including type and read fields. PASS if HTTP 200 and fields present. FAIL otherwise.

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Test 12.1.3 — Mark notification as read

NOTIF_ID=$(curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/notifications?per_page=1" | jq -r '.items[0].id')
curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X POST -H "$AUTH" $SERVER/api/v1/notifications/$NOTIF_ID/read

What: Marks a notification as read. Why: Read/unread state lets operators track which notifications they've acknowledged. Expected: HTTP 200. PASS if HTTP 200. FAIL otherwise.

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Test 12.1.4 — Mark already-read notification (idempotent)

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X POST -H "$AUTH" $SERVER/api/v1/notifications/$NOTIF_ID/read

What: Marks the same notification as read again. Why: Should be idempotent — marking an already-read notification shouldn't error. Expected: HTTP 200. PASS if HTTP 200. FAIL if 409 or 500.

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Test 12.1.5 — Get nonexistent notification

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/notifications/notif-nonexistent"

Expected: HTTP 404. PASS if HTTP 404. FAIL if 200 or 500.

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Test 12.1.6 — Verify notification created from revocation

curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/notifications?per_page=20" | jq '[.items[] | select(.type == "revocation" or .type == "certificate_revoked")] | length'

What: Checks that revocation events from Part 5 generated notifications. Why: Revocation without notification means nobody knows a cert was revoked — defeating the purpose. Expected: Count ≥ 1. PASS if count ≥ 1. FAIL if 0.

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Part 32: Audit Trail

What this validates: The immutable audit trail — listing, filtering, and verifying that API actions generate audit entries.

Why it matters: The audit trail is a compliance requirement (SOC 2, PCI-DSS). If events aren't recorded, the organization can't prove who did what and when.

32.1 Audit Queries

Test 14.1.1 — List audit events

curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/audit?per_page=5" | jq '{total, items_count: (.items | length)}'

What: Lists audit events with pagination. Expected: total > 0 (seed data + actions from earlier tests). Items present. PASS if HTTP 200 and total > 0. FAIL if 500 or total = 0.

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Test 14.1.2 — Get single audit event

EVENT_ID=$(curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/audit?per_page=1" | jq -r '.items[0].id')
curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/audit/$EVENT_ID" | jq '{id, action, actor, resource_type}'

What: Fetches a specific audit event by ID. Expected: HTTP 200 with event detail including action, actor, resource_type. PASS if HTTP 200 and fields present. FAIL otherwise.

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Test 14.1.3 — Filter audit by time range

curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/audit?from=2026-01-01T00:00:00Z&to=2026-12-31T23:59:59Z" | jq '{total}'

What: Filters audit events to a specific time range. Expected: HTTP 200 with total > 0. PASS if total > 0 for the current year range. FAIL if 0.

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Test 14.1.4 — Filter audit by actor

curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/audit?actor=system" | jq '{total}'

What: Filters audit events by actor (system-generated events). Expected: HTTP 200. PASS if HTTP 200. FAIL if 500.

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Test 14.1.5 — Filter audit by resource type

curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/audit?resource_type=certificate" | jq '{total}'

What: Filters to certificate-related audit events only. Expected: HTTP 200 with total > 0. PASS if HTTP 200 and total > 0. FAIL otherwise.

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Test 14.1.6 — Filter audit by action

curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/audit?action=certificate.created" | jq '{total}'

What: Filters to a specific action type. Expected: HTTP 200. PASS if HTTP 200. FAIL if 500.

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Test 14.1.7 — API calls create audit entries

# Make a distinct API call
curl -s -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" -d '{"id":"mc-audit-test","common_name":"audit.test.local"}' $SERVER/api/v1/certificates > /dev/null
# Find the audit entry
sleep 2
curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/audit?per_page=5" | jq '[.items[] | select(.resource_id == "mc-audit-test")] | length'

What: Creates a certificate and verifies an audit event was recorded for it. Why: Every API mutation must produce an audit entry. This confirms the audit middleware is wired correctly. Expected: Count ≥ 1 (at least one audit event for the new cert). PASS if count ≥ 1. FAIL if 0.

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Test 14.1.8 — Audit immutability (no PUT/DELETE)

EVENT_ID=$(curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/audit?per_page=1" | jq -r '.items[0].id')
echo "=== PUT ==="
curl -s -w "HTTP %{http_code}\n" -X PUT -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" -d '{}' "$SERVER/api/v1/audit/$EVENT_ID"
echo "=== DELETE ==="
curl -s -w "HTTP %{http_code}\n" -X DELETE -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/audit/$EVENT_ID"

What: Attempts to modify or delete an audit event. Why: Audit trails must be immutable for compliance. If you can edit or delete events, the trail is unreliable. Expected: Both return HTTP 405 (Method Not Allowed). PASS if both return 405. FAIL if either returns 200 or 204.

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Part 33: Background Scheduler

What this validates: The 7 background scheduler loops — renewal checks, job processing, agent health, notification processing, short-lived cert expiry, network scanning, and scheduled digest emailer.

Why it matters: The scheduler is the automation engine. Without it, nothing happens automatically — certs expire unnoticed, jobs sit pending, agents go stale, notifications never fire.

Tip: Open a second terminal with docker compose logs -f certctl-server to watch scheduler log output in real time.

Test 20.1.1 — Scheduler startup: all 7 loops registered

docker compose logs certctl-server 2>&1 | grep -i "scheduler\|renewal check\|job processor\|health check\|notification\|short-lived\|network scan" | head -20

What: Checks server startup logs for scheduler loop registration. Why: If a loop isn't registered, that automation never runs. Catching this at startup prevents days of "why didn't my cert renew?" Expected: Log lines indicating all loops started (e.g., "scheduler starting"). PASS if scheduler startup message present. FAIL if no scheduler logs.

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Test 20.1.2 — Job processor loop fires (30s interval)

# Trigger a renewal to create a pending job
curl -s -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" -d '{}' $SERVER/api/v1/certificates/mc-dash-prod/renew > /dev/null
JOB_ID=$(curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/jobs?type=Renewal&per_page=1" | jq -r '.items[0].id')
echo "Job: $JOB_ID"
# Wait for processor (30s interval)
sleep 45
curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/jobs/$JOB_ID" | jq '{status}'

What: Creates a job and waits for the job processor to pick it up. Why: If the 30-second loop isn't running, jobs never execute. Expected: Status is "Running" or "Completed" after 45 seconds. PASS if status is not "Pending". FAIL if still "Pending".

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Test 20.1.3 — Agent health check marks offline (2m interval)

# Stop the agent container
docker compose stop certctl-agent
# Wait for health check interval (2 minutes + buffer)
echo "Waiting 150 seconds for health check..."
sleep 150
# Check agent status
curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/agents/ag-web-prod" | jq '{status}'
# Restart agent
docker compose start certctl-agent

What: Stops the agent and waits for the health check to mark it offline. Why: If the health check doesn't detect stale agents, operators think agents are healthy when they're actually dead. Expected: Agent status changes to "Offline" (or similar inactive status). PASS if status indicates offline/inactive. FAIL if still "Online" after 2.5 minutes.

Alternative (log check): If you don't want to wait 2.5 minutes:

docker compose logs certctl-server 2>&1 | grep -i "health check\|agent.*offline\|stale"

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Test 20.1.4 — Notification processor fires (1m interval)

# Check notification count before
BEFORE=$(curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/notifications" | jq '.total')
# Trigger an event that creates a notification (revocation generates one)
curl -s -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" -d '{"reason": "superseded"}' $SERVER/api/v1/certificates/mc-wildcard-prod/revoke > /dev/null
# Wait for notification processor
sleep 90
AFTER=$(curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/notifications" | jq '.total')
echo "Before: $BEFORE, After: $AFTER"

What: Triggers a revocation and waits for the notification processor to create the notification. Expected: AFTER > BEFORE (new notification created). PASS if notification count increased. FAIL if unchanged.

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Test 20.1.5 — Short-lived expiry check (30s interval)

docker compose logs certctl-server 2>&1 | grep -i "short-lived expiry\|short.lived.*check\|expire.*short"

What: Checks logs for evidence the short-lived expiry loop has run. Why: Short-lived certs (TTL < 1 hour) rely on this loop for status transitions. Expected: At least one log line about short-lived expiry check. PASS if log line found. FAIL if no evidence of the loop running.

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Test 20.1.6 — Network scanner loop (conditional on env var)

docker compose logs certctl-server 2>&1 | grep -i "network scan"

What: Checks if the network scanner loop is registered. Why: The network scan loop is conditional on CERTCTL_NETWORK_SCAN_ENABLED=true. By default it's disabled. If enabled, it should log its startup. Expected: If CERTCTL_NETWORK_SCAN_ENABLED=true is set, log line present. If not set, no log line (which is correct behavior). PASS if behavior matches config. FAIL if enabled but no logs, or disabled but scanner running.

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Test 20.1.7 — Renewal check loop (1h interval — log verification)

docker compose logs certctl-server 2>&1 | grep -i "renewal check"

What: Verifies the renewal check loop has fired at least once (it runs immediately on startup). Expected: Log line about renewal check (completed or in progress). PASS if log evidence found. FAIL if none.

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Test 20.1.8 — Scheduler graceful stop

docker compose stop certctl-server
docker compose logs certctl-server 2>&1 | tail -10 | grep -i "scheduler\|shutting down\|shutdown"
docker compose start certctl-server && sleep 10

What: Stops the server and checks for clean scheduler shutdown. Why: Scheduler goroutines must stop cleanly. Leaked goroutines cause resource exhaustion on repeated restarts. Expected: Log line containing "scheduler shutting down" or similar. No panic traces. PASS if clean shutdown log present. FAIL if panic or missing shutdown log.

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Part 34: Structured Logging Verification

What this validates: Server logs are properly structured JSON (slog), log levels work, and request IDs propagate across log lines.

Why it matters: Structured logs are essential for log aggregation (ELK, Splunk, Datadog). Unstructured fmt.Printf lines break JSON parsers. Missing request IDs make it impossible to correlate logs for a single request.

Test 23.1.1 — Server logs are valid JSON

docker compose logs certctl-server 2>&1 | tail -20 | while read line; do
  echo "$line" | jq . > /dev/null 2>&1 || echo "INVALID JSON: $line"
done

What: Parses each recent log line as JSON. Why: If any line fails to parse, it's an unstructured fmt.Printf or panic trace leaking into the JSON stream. Expected: No "INVALID JSON" lines (or only Docker metadata lines that aren't from the server). PASS if all server-originated lines are valid JSON. FAIL if invalid JSON found.

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Test 23.1.2 — Log lines contain level field

docker compose logs certctl-server 2>&1 | tail -10 | jq -r '.level // "MISSING"' 2>/dev/null | sort | uniq -c

What: Extracts the level field from log lines. Expected: Values like "INFO", "DEBUG", "WARN", "ERROR". No "MISSING". PASS if all lines have a level field. FAIL if "MISSING" appears.

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Test 23.1.3 — Request ID propagation

# Make a request and capture request ID from response header
REQ_ID=$(curl -s -D - -o /dev/null -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/certificates?per_page=1" | grep -i "x-request-id" | tr -d '\r' | awk '{print $2}')
echo "Request ID: $REQ_ID"
# Search for it in logs
docker compose logs certctl-server 2>&1 | grep "$REQ_ID" | wc -l

What: Makes an API call, extracts the request ID from the response header, then searches for that ID in server logs. Why: Request ID propagation lets operators trace a single request across all log lines it produced. Without it, debugging is guesswork. Expected: Request ID found in at least 1 log line (ideally the access log line). PASS if count ≥ 1. FAIL if 0 (request ID not propagated).

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Test 23.1.4 — Error logs at ERROR level

docker compose logs certctl-server 2>&1 | jq -r 'select(.level == "ERROR") | .msg' 2>/dev/null | head -5

What: Checks if error-level log entries exist and have proper messages. Why: Errors should be logged at ERROR level, not INFO. Wrong levels mean operators miss critical issues. Expected: Either no ERROR lines (healthy system) or ERROR lines with descriptive messages (not empty). PASS if ERROR entries have messages (or no errors at all). FAIL if empty/garbled error messages.

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Test 23.1.5 — No unstructured output in log stream

docker compose logs certctl-server 2>&1 | grep -v "^certctl-server" | grep -cv "^{" || echo "0"

What: Counts log lines that don't start with { (i.e., not JSON). Why: fmt.Printf calls in the Go code bypass slog and produce unstructured output that breaks log parsers. Expected: Count = 0 (all lines are JSON). PASS if 0 non-JSON lines. FAIL if > 0.

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Part 35: GUI Testing

What this validates: The full web dashboard — all pages of operational UI.

Why it matters: Operators spend 80% of their time in the GUI. If it's broken, the product is broken, regardless of how good the API is.

Open http://localhost:8443 in a browser.

35.1 Authentication Flow

Test ID	Test	Action	Expected	Pass/Fail Criteria
19.1.1	Login page renders	Open dashboard URL	Login page with API key input field	PASS if login form visible
19.1.2	Invalid key error	Enter "wrong-key", submit	Error message displayed	PASS if error shown, not silent failure
19.1.3	Valid key login	Enter the correct API key	Redirect to dashboard	PASS if dashboard loads with data

35.2 Dashboard Page

Test ID	Test	Action	Expected	Pass/Fail Criteria
19.2.1	Stat cards	View dashboard	4 stat cards with real numbers (total, active, expiring, expired)	PASS if all 4 show non-zero values
19.2.2	Expiration heatmap	View dashboard	Heatmap chart renders with data	PASS if chart visible with bars/cells
19.2.3	Renewal trends	View dashboard	Line chart renders	PASS if chart visible
19.2.4	Status distribution	View dashboard	Donut chart renders with legend	PASS if chart visible with segments
19.2.5	Issuance rate	View dashboard	Bar chart renders	PASS if chart visible

35.3 Certificates Page

Test ID	Test	Action	Expected	Pass/Fail Criteria
19.3.1	Table loads	Navigate to Certificates	Table with 15+ certs	PASS if table populated
19.3.2	Multi-select	Click checkboxes	Checkboxes toggle, select-all works	PASS if selection works
19.3.3	Bulk renew	Select certs, click Renew	Jobs created, progress indicator	PASS if renew triggered
19.3.4	Bulk revoke	Select certs, click Revoke	Reason modal appears	PASS if modal with RFC 5280 reasons

35.4 Certificate Detail Page

Test ID	Test	Action	Expected	Pass/Fail Criteria
19.4.1	All fields	Click a certificate	All metadata fields displayed	PASS if CN, SANs, dates, status shown
19.4.2	Version history	Scroll to versions	Current badge on latest, list of versions	PASS if Current badge visible
19.4.3	Rollback button	View previous version	Rollback button on non-current versions	PASS if button visible and clickable
19.4.4	Deployment timeline	View deployment section	4-step visual timeline	PASS if timeline renders
19.4.5	Inline policy editor	Click edit on policy section	Dropdown selectors appear, save/cancel buttons	PASS if edit mode works
19.4.6	Revoke button	Click revoke	Reason modal, status updates after	PASS if revocation completes

35.5 Jobs Page — Approval Workflow

Test ID	Test	Action	Expected	Pass/Fail Criteria
19.5.1	Approval banner	Navigate to Jobs with AwaitingApproval jobs	Amber banner shows count of pending approvals	PASS if banner visible with correct count
19.5.2	Approve button	Find AwaitingApproval job, click Approve	Job status changes to Running/Completed	PASS if status transitions
19.5.3	Reject button	Find AwaitingApproval job, click Reject	Modal opens with reason input	PASS if modal appears
19.5.4	Reject with reason	Enter reason, submit rejection	Job status changes, modal closes	PASS if job rejected
19.5.5	Status filter	Select "Awaiting Approval" from status dropdown	Only AwaitingApproval jobs shown	PASS if filter works
19.5.6	AwaitingCSR filter	Select "Awaiting CSR" from status dropdown	Only AwaitingCSR jobs shown	PASS if filter works

35.6 Discovery Triage Page

Test ID	Test	Action	Expected	Pass/Fail Criteria
19.6.1	Summary stats	Navigate to Discovery	Stats bar shows Unmanaged/Managed/Dismissed counts	PASS if all 3 counts visible
19.6.2	Table loads	View Discovery page	Table populated with discovered certificates	PASS if certs listed
19.6.3	Status filter	Select "Unmanaged" from status dropdown	Only Unmanaged certs shown	PASS if filter works
19.6.4	Agent filter	Select agent from dropdown	Certs filtered by agent	PASS if filter works
19.6.5	Claim button	Click Claim on Unmanaged cert	Modal opens with managed cert ID input	PASS if modal appears
19.6.6	Claim submit	Enter cert ID, submit claim	Cert status changes to Managed, modal closes	PASS if status updates
19.6.7	Dismiss button	Click Dismiss on Unmanaged cert	Cert status changes to Dismissed	PASS if status updates
19.6.8	Scan history	Click "Show Scan History"	Collapsible panel shows scan records with agent, directories, counts	PASS if scan history visible

35.7 Network Scan Management Page

Test ID	Test	Action	Expected	Pass/Fail Criteria
19.7.1	Table loads	Navigate to Network Scans	Table with seed scan targets	PASS if targets listed
19.7.2	New Target button	Click "+ New Target"	Create modal opens	PASS if modal visible
19.7.3	Create target	Fill name, CIDRs, ports, submit	New target appears in table	PASS if target created
19.7.4	Enable toggle	Click toggle on a target	Enabled state flips	PASS if toggle works
19.7.5	Scan Now	Click Scan Now on a target	Scan triggered (check last_scan_at updates)	PASS if scan initiated
19.7.6	Delete target	Click Delete on a target	Target removed from table	PASS if target gone

35.8 Other Pages

Test ID	Test	Page	Expected	Pass/Fail Criteria
19.8.1	Target wizard	Targets → New Target	3-step wizard (type → config → review)	PASS if all 3 steps work
19.8.2	Audit filters	Audit	Time, actor, action filters work	PASS if filters change results
19.8.3	Audit export	Audit → Export	CSV/JSON file downloads	PASS if file downloads
19.8.4	Short-lived creds	Short-Lived	Certs with TTL < 1h, countdown timers	PASS if timers count down
19.8.5	Agent list	Agents	OS/Arch column visible	PASS if metadata shown
19.8.6	Agent detail	Click agent	System Information card	PASS if OS, arch, IP shown
19.8.7	Fleet overview	Fleet Overview	OS/arch grouping charts	PASS if pie charts render

35.9 Cross-Cutting

Test ID	Test	Action	Expected	Pass/Fail Criteria
19.9.1	Sidebar nav	Click all sidebar links	All 21 pages load without errors	PASS if no broken routes
19.9.2	Logout	Click logout	Returns to login screen	PASS if login page shown
19.9.3	401 redirect	Expire/remove auth token	Auto-redirect to login	PASS if login page shown
19.9.4	Theme consistency	Check page styling	Light content area, teal sidebar, branded colors, readable text	PASS if theme consistent across all pages

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Part 36: Issuer Catalog Page (M33)

Frontend-only milestone. No backend changes. All tests are automated via qa-smoke-test.sh and vitest.

36.1 Shared Issuer Type Config

Test: Verify shared config file exists with all 6 supported types + 2 coming soon stubs.

test -f web/src/config/issuerTypes.ts
grep -c 'VaultPKI' web/src/config/issuerTypes.ts    # >= 1
grep -c 'DigiCert' web/src/config/issuerTypes.ts     # >= 1
grep -cE 'eab_kid|eab_hmac' web/src/config/issuerTypes.ts  # >= 1
grep -c 'sensitive' web/src/config/issuerTypes.ts     # >= 1

PASS if file exists, all types present, EAB fields and sensitive flags included.

36.2 Composable Wizard Components

Test: Verify reusable components exist.

test -f web/src/components/issuer/TypeSelector.tsx
test -f web/src/components/issuer/ConfigForm.tsx
test -f web/src/components/issuer/ConfigDetailModal.tsx

PASS if all 3 component files exist.

36.3 Frontend Build

Test: Verify frontend builds with zero errors.

cd web && npm run build 2>&1 | tail -1 | grep -q 'built in'

PASS if build succeeds.

36.4 Frontend Tests

Test: Verify all Vitest tests pass including new VaultPKI/DigiCert create tests.

cd web && npx vitest run 2>&1 | grep -qE 'Tests.*passed'

PASS if all tests pass.

36.5 (Manual) Create VaultPKI Issuer via Wizard

Test: Open Issuers page, click "Configure" on Vault PKI card, fill in form (addr, token, mount, role, ttl), submit. PASS if issuer appears in configured issuers table.

36.6 (Manual) Create DigiCert Issuer via Wizard

Test: Open Issuers page, click "Configure" on DigiCert card, fill in form (api_key, org_id, product_type), submit. PASS if issuer appears in configured issuers table.

36.7 (Manual) Create ACME Issuer with EAB Fields

Test: Open create wizard, select ACME, verify EAB Key ID and EAB HMAC Key fields are visible. PASS if EAB fields render and accept input.

36.8 (Manual) Catalog Cards Show Correct Status

Test: Verify catalog cards show "Connected" (green, count) for types with configured issuers, "Available" (blue) for unconfigured types, and "Coming Soon" (grey) for Sectigo/Entrust. PASS if all 8 cards render with correct status.

36.9 (Manual) Config Detail Modal Shows Full Redacted Config

Test: Click "View Config" on a configured issuer row. Verify modal shows full config JSON with sensitive fields (token, key, hmac, password, private, secret) redacted as ********. PASS if modal opens, full config visible, sensitive fields redacted.

36.10 (Manual) Issuer Type Filter Works

Test: Use the type filter dropdown above the configured issuers table. Select a specific type. PASS if table filters to show only issuers of the selected type.

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Part 37: Frontend Audit Fixes

Comprehensive frontend coverage audit closed 60 gaps between backend capabilities and GUI surfaces. This part validates the critical fixes.

Automated Tests (qa-smoke-test.sh Part 41)

#	Test	Assertion
41.1	Certificate TS type has lifecycle fields	types.ts contains last_renewal_at, last_deployment_at, target_ids
41.2	API client has new endpoint functions	client.ts exports updateIssuer, updateTarget, getCertificateDeployments, getCRL, getOCSPStatus, getPolicy
41.3	CertificatesPage has filter dropdowns	Contains issuerFilter, ownerFilter, profileFilter state vars
41.4	CertificatesPage shows last_renewal_at	Column renders last_renewal_at field
41.5	JobsPage shows error_message	Error column displays first 80 chars for failed jobs
41.6	ProfilesPage has key algorithm fields	Create form includes allowed_key_algorithms with add/remove rows
41.7	ProfilesPage has EKU checkboxes	Create form includes allowed_ekus checkbox group
41.8	DiscoveryPage shows is_ca badge	CA badge renders for discovered CA certificates
41.9	TargetDetailPage has Edit functionality	Edit button wired to updateTarget API call
41.10	CertificatesPage has tags field	Create form includes tags input (key=value pairs)
41.11	AgentFleetPage maps darwin to macOS	OS display mapping applied to pie chart and platform headers
41.12	Frontend builds after audit fixes	npm run build succeeds

Manual Tests

41.M1: Profile Create Form — Key Algorithm Configuration

1. Navigate to Profiles page, click "+ New Profile"
2. Verify default algorithms shown: ECDSA 256+, RSA 2048+
3. Click "Remove" on RSA row — verify it disappears
4. Click "+ Add" — verify Ed25519 appears (with "fixed" instead of size dropdown)
5. Submit form, verify profile created with correct allowed_key_algorithms array

PASS if algorithms are configurable and persisted correctly.

41.M2: Profile Create Form — EKU Selection

1. In Create Profile modal, verify EKU checkboxes visible (serverAuth checked by default)
2. Check "Email Protection (S/MIME)" and "Client Authentication"
3. Submit, verify profile has allowed_ekus: ["serverAuth", "emailProtection", "clientAuth"]

PASS if EKUs are selectable and sent to backend.

41.M3: Certificate Create Form — Tags

1. Navigate to Certificates page, click "+ New Certificate"
2. Enter tags: env=prod, team=platform, app=api
3. Submit, verify certificate created with tags: {"env": "prod", "team": "platform", "app": "api"}

PASS if tags are parsed and persisted as key-value pairs.

41.M4: Jobs Table — Error Message Column

1. Navigate to Jobs page, filter to "Failed" status
2. Verify "Error" column shows truncated error message (max 80 chars with "...")
3. Hover over truncated message, verify full text in tooltip

PASS if error messages visible for failed jobs.

41.M5: Certificates Table — Lifecycle Columns

1. Navigate to Certificates page
2. Verify "Last Renewal" and "Last Deploy" columns visible
3. Verify dates shown for certs with data, "—" for certs without

PASS if lifecycle timestamps displayed.

41.M6: Certificate Filters — Issuer/Owner/Profile Dropdowns

1. Navigate to Certificates page
2. Verify Issuer, Owner, Profile dropdown filters visible
3. Select an issuer — verify table filters to matching certificates
4. Clear filter, select a profile — verify filtering works

PASS if all three filter dropdowns functional.

41.M7: Target Detail — Edit Button

1. Navigate to a target detail page
2. Click "Edit" button
3. Modify name, click "Save"
4. Verify name updated on the page

PASS if target edit persists via API.

41.M8: Discovery Table — CA Badge

1. Navigate to Discovery page
2. Verify "Key" column shows algorithm + key size
3. For CA certificates, verify purple "CA" badge displayed

PASS if CA certificates visually distinguished.

41.M9: Fleet Overview — macOS Display

1. Navigate to Fleet Overview page
2. Verify OS pie chart shows "macOS" instead of "darwin"
3. Verify platform section headers show "macOS / amd64" (not "darwin / amd64")

PASS if darwin correctly mapped to macOS in all locations.

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Part 38: Error Handling

What this validates: The API's behavior when given malformed, invalid, or unexpected input.

Why it matters: Production systems receive garbage input constantly — from buggy clients, scanners, and attackers. Every error path must return a clean error response, not a 500 or a panic.

Test 21.1.1 — Malformed JSON body

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" \
  -d '{this is not json}' \
  $SERVER/api/v1/certificates

What: Sends a body that isn't valid JSON. Expected: HTTP 400 with error message. PASS if HTTP 400. FAIL if 500.

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Test 21.1.2 — Missing required field

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" \
  -d '{"id": "mc-no-cn"}' \
  $SERVER/api/v1/certificates

What: Creates a certificate without the required common_name. Expected: HTTP 400 with validation error mentioning common_name. PASS if HTTP 400. FAIL if 201 (accepted invalid input).

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Test 21.1.3 — Method not allowed

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X POST -H "$AUTH" $SERVER/api/v1/stats/summary

What: Sends POST to a GET-only endpoint. Expected: HTTP 405. PASS if HTTP 405. FAIL if 200 or 500.

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Test 21.1.4 — Invalid query parameter

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/certificates?per_page=abc"

What: Sends a non-numeric value for a numeric parameter. Expected: HTTP 400 or HTTP 200 with default value (graceful degradation). PASS if HTTP 400 or 200. FAIL if 500.

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Test 21.1.5 — UTF-8 in common name

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" \
  -d '{"id": "mc-utf8-test", "common_name": "münchen.example.de"}' \
  $SERVER/api/v1/certificates | jq '{common_name}'

What: Creates a certificate with a UTF-8 common name (German umlaut). Why: Internationalized domain names are real. The API must handle non-ASCII without corruption. Expected: HTTP 201 with common_name preserved correctly. PASS if HTTP 201 and common_name matches input. FAIL if 400 or garbled text.

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Test 21.1.6 — Concurrent requests (parallel curl)

for i in $(seq 1 10); do
  curl -s -o /dev/null -w "HTTP %{http_code}\n" -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/certificates?per_page=1" &
done
wait

What: Sends 10 parallel requests. Why: Concurrency bugs (race conditions, connection pool exhaustion) only appear under parallel load. Expected: All 10 requests return HTTP 200. PASS if all 10 return 200. FAIL if any return 500.

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Test 21.1.7 — Server survives internal error

# Trigger an error condition
curl -s -o /dev/null $SERVER/api/v1/certificates/$(python3 -c "print('x'*10000)")
# Server should still respond
curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" $SERVER/health

What: Sends a request with an extremely long path, then verifies the server is still alive. Why: One bad request must not crash the process. The recovery middleware should catch panics. Expected: Health check returns HTTP 200 after the bad request. PASS if health returns 200. FAIL if server is unresponsive.

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Test 21.1.8 — Empty request body on POST

curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code}\n" -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" \
  -d '' \
  $SERVER/api/v1/certificates

What: Sends an empty body to a POST endpoint. Expected: HTTP 400 (missing required fields). PASS if HTTP 400. FAIL if 500.

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Part 39: Performance Spot Checks

What this validates: Basic response time benchmarks to catch obvious performance regressions.

Why it matters: An API that takes 5 seconds per request is unusable. These aren't load tests — they're sanity checks.

Test 22.1.1 — List certificates < 200ms

TIME=$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{time_total}" -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/certificates?per_page=15")
echo "List certs: ${TIME}s"

Expected: time_total < 0.200 (200ms). PASS if < 200ms. FAIL if > 200ms.

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Test 22.1.2 — Stats summary < 500ms

TIME=$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{time_total}" -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/stats/summary")
echo "Stats summary: ${TIME}s"

Expected: < 0.500 (500ms). PASS if < 500ms. FAIL if > 500ms.

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Test 22.1.3 — Metrics < 200ms

TIME=$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{time_total}" -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/metrics")
echo "Metrics: ${TIME}s"

Expected: < 0.200. PASS if < 200ms. FAIL if > 200ms.

---

Test 22.1.4 — 50 health checks < 5 seconds total

START=$(date +%s%N)
for i in $(seq 1 50); do
  curl -s -o /dev/null $SERVER/health
done
END=$(date +%s%N)
DURATION=$(( (END - START) / 1000000 ))
echo "50 health checks: ${DURATION}ms"

Expected: Total < 5000ms (100ms average per request). PASS if < 5000ms. FAIL if > 5000ms.

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Test 39.1.5 — Prometheus endpoint < 300ms

TIME=$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{time_total}" -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/metrics/prometheus")
echo "Prometheus metrics: ${TIME}s"

What: Benchmarks the Prometheus text exposition endpoint that Grafana/Datadog agents scrape every 15-30s. Why: If Prometheus scraping takes > 300ms, it indicates the metrics computation is doing expensive DB queries per scrape rather than caching. This endpoint is hit by automated monitoring and must stay fast. Expected: time_total < 0.300 (300ms). PASS if < 300ms. FAIL if > 300ms.

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Test 39.1.6 — Audit trail query < 500ms

TIME=$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{time_total}" -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/events?per_page=50")
echo "Audit trail (50 events): ${TIME}s"

What: Benchmarks the audit event list endpoint with a typical page size. Why: The audit trail is append-only and grows continuously. If queries slow down proportionally to table size, it signals missing indexes on audit_events. This is the canary for the largest table in the schema. Expected: time_total < 0.500 (500ms). PASS if < 500ms. FAIL if > 500ms.

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Part 40: Documentation Verification

What this validates: Documentation accuracy against the running system. Claims in docs must match reality.

Why it matters: Inaccurate documentation destroys trust. If the README claims 8 issuer connectors but only 6 exist in the code, evaluators question everything else too. These are executable checks, not reading assignments.

40.1 README Screenshots Resolve

# Verify every screenshot referenced in README exists on disk
grep -oP 'docs/screenshots/\S+\.png' README.md | while read f; do
  [ -f "$f" ] && echo "OK: $f" || echo "MISSING: $f"
done

What: Checks that every screenshot path in the README points to a real file. Why: Broken image links make the README look abandoned. GitHub renders them as broken icons. PASS if zero MISSING lines. FAIL if any screenshot file is missing.

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40.2 Issuer Types Match Code ↔ Docs

# Extract issuer types from Go domain constants
CODE_ISSUERS=$(grep 'IssuerType = "' internal/domain/connector.go | grep -oP '"[^"]+"' | sort)
# Extract issuer types from connectors docs
DOC_ISSUERS=$(grep -oP '(?<=Type: `)[^`]+' docs/connectors.md | sort)
echo "Code: $CODE_ISSUERS"
echo "Docs: $DOC_ISSUERS"

What: Cross-references issuer types defined in Go source against what's documented in connectors.md. Why: New connectors (Sectigo, Google CAS) get added to code but documentation updates get missed. This catches drift. PASS if both lists match. FAIL if any type is in code but not in docs (or vice versa).

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40.3 Target Types Match Code ↔ Docs

CODE_TARGETS=$(grep 'TargetType = "' internal/domain/connector.go | grep -oP '"[^"]+"' | sort)
DOC_TARGETS=$(grep -oP '(?<=Type: `)[^`]+' docs/connectors.md | grep -v 'Issuer' | sort)
echo "Code: $CODE_TARGETS"
echo "Docs: $DOC_TARGETS"

What: Same as 40.2 but for target connector types. Catches undocumented connectors (e.g., WinCertStore, JavaKeystore added in M46). PASS if both lists match. FAIL if any target type is missing from docs.

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40.4 Quickstart Commands Execute

# Extract code blocks from quickstart and verify they parse
grep -A1 '```bash' docs/quickstart.md | grep -v '```' | grep -v '^--$' | head -5

What: Spot-checks that quickstart bash commands are syntactically valid. Why: Copy-paste errors in quickstart commands (missing quotes, wrong env vars) cause immediate frustration for new users — the first 5 minutes determine whether they continue. PASS if commands parse without syntax errors. FAIL if any command has obvious errors.

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40.5 Architecture Docs Match Running Containers

# Compare documented components against actual Docker Compose services
COMPOSE_SERVICES=$(docker compose -f deploy/docker-compose.yml config --services | sort)
echo "Compose services: $COMPOSE_SERVICES"
# Cross-reference against architecture.md component list
grep -c 'certctl-server\|certctl-agent\|postgres' docs/architecture.md

What: Validates that architecture.md accurately describes the components that actually run in Docker Compose. Why: Architecture diagrams that don't match the running system mislead operators during troubleshooting. PASS if all compose services are referenced in architecture.md. FAIL if components are missing.

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40.6 OpenAPI Spec Parity With Router

# Count OpenAPI operations
OPENAPI_OPS=$(grep -c "operationId:" api/openapi.yaml)
# Count router registrations
ROUTER_REGS=$(grep -c "r.Register\|r.mux.Handle" internal/api/router/router.go)
echo "OpenAPI operations: $OPENAPI_OPS"
echo "Router registrations: $ROUTER_REGS"

What: Counts operations in the OpenAPI spec vs route registrations in the router. Why: OpenAPI spec drift is the #1 API documentation failure mode. If the spec says an endpoint exists but the router doesn't register it (or vice versa), SDK generators and MCP tools break. PASS if both counts are equal. FAIL if mismatch (indicates spec/code drift).

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40.7 Compliance Docs Reference Real Features

# Verify SOC 2 doc references endpoints that exist in the router
grep -oP '/api/v1/[a-z\-/]+' docs/compliance-soc2.md | sort -u | while read ep; do
  grep -q "${ep}" internal/api/router/router.go && echo "OK: $ep" || echo "MISSING: $ep"
done

What: Cross-references API endpoints cited in compliance documentation against the actual router. Why: Compliance mappings that cite nonexistent endpoints are worse than no compliance docs at all — they create audit risk. An auditor who checks a cited endpoint and finds a 404 will question the entire mapping. PASS if zero MISSING lines. FAIL if any cited endpoint doesn't exist in the router.

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40.8 Migration Guide Commands Are Valid

# Check that migration guides reference real CLI commands
for guide in docs/migrate-from-certbot.md docs/migrate-from-acmesh.md docs/certctl-for-cert-manager-users.md; do
  [ -f "$guide" ] && echo "EXISTS: $guide" || echo "MISSING: $guide"
done

What: Verifies all three migration guides exist and are accessible. Why: Migration guides are SEO landing pages and adoption funnels. Missing files return 404s on GitHub, killing the funnel. PASS if all 3 files exist. FAIL if any migration guide is missing.

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Part 41: Regression Tests

What this validates: Specific bugs found and fixed during development. These prevent re-introduction.

Why it matters: Regression bugs are the most embarrassing — you already found and fixed them once. These tests ensure they stay fixed.

Test 25.1.1 — DELETE endpoints return 204, not 200

# Create and delete a target
curl -s -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" -d '{"id":"tgt-regression","name":"Regression","type":"nginx","config":{}}' $SERVER/api/v1/targets > /dev/null
CODE=$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" -X DELETE -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/targets/tgt-regression")
echo "DELETE target: HTTP $CODE"

# Create and delete an agent group
curl -s -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" -d '{"id":"ag-regression","name":"Regression Group"}' $SERVER/api/v1/agent-groups > /dev/null
CODE=$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" -X DELETE -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/agent-groups/ag-regression")
echo "DELETE agent group: HTTP $CODE"

What: Verifies DELETE endpoints return 204 (No Content), not 200. Why: This was a real bug — handlers returned 200 for delete operations. The fix was applied in M15a. Expected: Both return HTTP 204. PASS if both 204. FAIL if either returns 200.

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Test 25.1.2 — per_page exceeding max falls back to default

curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/certificates?per_page=9999" | jq '{per_page}'

What: Sends per_page=9999 which exceeds the maximum (500). Why: Bug: the handler was supposed to cap at 500 but instead rejected values > 500 and fell back to the default (50). The tests were written expecting cap-at-500 but the actual behavior is fall-back-to-50. Expected: per_page = 50 (default fallback), not 500 or 9999. PASS if per_page = 50. FAIL if 500 or 9999.

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Test 25.1.3 — Seed demo network scan targets present

curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/network-scan-targets" | jq '{total, ids: [.items[].id] | sort}'

What: Verifies the 3 seed network scan targets were loaded. Why: These were added during M21 and initially missed from seed data. Expected: total = 3. IDs: ["nst-dc1-web", "nst-dc2-apps", "nst-dmz"]. PASS if total = 3 and all 3 IDs present. FAIL otherwise.

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Test 25.1.4 — GUI delete on FK-restricted entities shows error, not silent failure

# Try deleting owner o-alice via API — she owns demo certificates
CODE=$(curl -s -o /tmp/delete-resp.json -w "%{http_code}" -X DELETE -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/owners/o-alice")
echo "DELETE owner with certs: HTTP $CODE"
cat /tmp/delete-resp.json | jq .

# Try deleting issuer iss-local — certificates reference it
CODE=$(curl -s -o /tmp/delete-resp.json -w "%{http_code}" -X DELETE -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/issuers/iss-local")
echo "DELETE issuer with certs: HTTP $CODE"
cat /tmp/delete-resp.json | jq .

What: Verifies that deleting owners/issuers with assigned certificates returns 409 Conflict with a descriptive message. Why: This was a real bug — the backend returned 500 (generic "Failed to delete"), fetchJSON threw on the error, and TanStack Query's onError wasn't wired up. The user clicked OK on the confirm dialog and nothing visibly happened. Fixed by: (1) backend returns 409 with descriptive message for FK constraint violations, (2) fetchJSON handles 204 No Content for successful deletes, (3) frontend mutation onError surfaces the error. Expected: Both return HTTP 409 with descriptive conflict messages. PASS if both 409 with messages. FAIL if 500 (unhelpful error) or 204 (data integrity violation).

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Test 25.1.5 — OpenAPI spec operations match router

echo "OpenAPI operations: $(grep -c 'operationId:' api/openapi.yaml)"
echo "Router registrations: $(grep -c 'r.Register\|r.mux.Handle' internal/api/router/router.go)"

What: Counts operations in the OpenAPI spec and route registrations in the router, verifying they match. Why: OpenAPI spec drift happens as endpoints are added or removed. Mismatches indicate the spec is out of date. Expected: Both counts equal. PASS if both counts match. FAIL if mismatch (indicates spec/code drift).

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Test 25.1.6 — Go service tests use strings.Contains, not errors.Is

grep -rn "errors.Is.*errors.New\|errors.Is(.*err.*errors.New" internal/service/*_test.go | wc -l

What: Checks for the anti-pattern errors.Is(err, errors.New(...)) which never matches because errors.New creates a new instance every time. Why: This was a real bug in TestTeamService_List_RepositoryError — the test was passing for the wrong reason (both sides returned false). The fix was to use strings.Contains. Expected: Count = 0 (no instances of the anti-pattern). PASS if count = 0. FAIL if > 0.

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Part 42: Envoy Target Connector

What this validates: File-based certificate deployment to Envoy proxy, including optional SDS (Secret Discovery Service) JSON config generation.

Why it matters: Envoy is the default data plane for Istio and many service mesh deployments. File-based deployment with optional SDS JSON means certctl can manage certs for Envoy without requiring xDS integration — Envoy watches the filesystem and auto-reloads.

42.1 Envoy Connector Unit Tests Pass

go test ./internal/connector/target/envoy/... -v -count=1

What: Runs the 15 Envoy connector tests (config validation, deployment, SDS JSON generation, path traversal prevention). Expected: All 15 tests pass. PASS if exit code 0. FAIL if any test fails.

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42.2 Envoy in Domain Types

grep 'TargetTypeEnvoy' internal/domain/connector.go

What: Verifies the TargetTypeEnvoy constant is registered in the domain model. PASS if grep finds the constant. FAIL if not found.

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42.3 Envoy Config Fields in Frontend

grep -c 'Envoy' web/src/pages/TargetsPage.tsx

What: Verifies Envoy appears in the frontend target wizard with appropriate config fields (cert_dir, cert_filename, key_filename, chain_filename, sds_config). PASS if count > 0. FAIL if Envoy is missing from the target wizard.

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42.4 SDS JSON Output Validation

go test ./internal/connector/target/envoy/... -run TestDeploy.*SDS -v

What: Runs the SDS-specific deployment test that verifies the generated SDS JSON contains the correct type.googleapis.com/envoy.extensions.transport_sockets.tls.v3.Secret resource with file references. PASS if SDS JSON is valid and references the correct cert/key paths.

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42.5 Path Traversal Prevention

go test ./internal/connector/target/envoy/... -run TestValidateConfig.*Traversal -v

What: Verifies that config values containing ../ are rejected to prevent writing certs outside the designated directory. Why: Envoy cert_dir paths come from user config — without validation, an attacker could write files to arbitrary locations. PASS if path traversal attempts are rejected with an error.

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Part 43: Postfix & Dovecot Target Connectors

What this validates: Dual-mode mail server TLS connector (postfix/dovecot modes), file-based certificate deployment with service reload.

Why it matters: Email servers are the forgotten TLS surface. Postfix and Dovecot handle STARTTLS for SMTP and IMAP — expired certs here cause silent mail delivery failures that are hard to diagnose.

43.1 Postfix/Dovecot Unit Tests Pass

go test ./internal/connector/target/postfix/... -v -count=1

What: Runs all 18 connector tests covering config validation, deployment, and shell injection prevention for both Postfix and Dovecot modes. Expected: All 18 tests pass. PASS if exit code 0. FAIL if any test fails.

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43.2 Shell Injection Prevention

go test ./internal/connector/target/postfix/... -run TestValidateConfig.*Injection -v

What: Runs the 4 shell injection security tests (semicolons, pipes, command substitution, backticks in reload/validate commands). Why: Reload commands are executed via os/exec. Without validation, a malicious config like reload_command: "postfix reload; rm -rf /" would execute arbitrary commands on the agent. PASS if all injection attempts rejected.

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43.3 Dovecot Mode Config

go test ./internal/connector/target/postfix/... -run TestValidateConfig_DovecotMode -v

What: Verifies Dovecot mode applies correct defaults (doveadm reload, doveconf -n) distinct from Postfix mode (postfix reload, postfix check). PASS if Dovecot-specific defaults applied correctly.

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43.4 Domain Types Registered

grep -E 'TargetTypePostfix|TargetTypeDovecot' internal/domain/connector.go

What: Verifies both mail server target types are registered in the domain model. PASS if both constants found. FAIL if either is missing.

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Part 44: SSH Target Connector

What this validates: Agentless certificate deployment via SSH/SFTP to any Linux/Unix server without requiring the certctl agent binary.

Why it matters: Not every server can run a dedicated agent (locked-down environments, legacy systems, appliances). SSH deployment via a proxy agent means certctl can manage certs on any reachable server with SSH access.

44.1 SSH Connector Unit Tests Pass

go test ./internal/connector/target/ssh/... -v -count=1

What: Runs all 25 SSH connector tests covering config validation (key/password/inline auth), deployment, and shell injection prevention. Expected: All 25 tests pass. PASS if exit code 0. FAIL if any test fails.

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44.2 Auth Method Validation

go test ./internal/connector/target/ssh/... -run TestValidateConfig -v

What: Verifies config validation for all 3 auth methods (key file, inline key PEM, password) and rejects invalid combinations (e.g., auth_method=key with no key_path or inline_key). PASS if all validation tests pass.

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44.3 Shell Injection Prevention

go test ./internal/connector/target/ssh/... -run TestValidateConfig.*Injection -v

What: Verifies reload commands containing shell metacharacters are rejected. Why: The SSH connector executes reload commands on remote servers via session.Run(). Injection here has remote code execution impact. PASS if all injection attempts rejected.

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44.4 SFTP File Permissions

go test ./internal/connector/target/ssh/... -run TestDeploy -v

What: Verifies cert/key/chain files are written via SFTP with configurable octal permissions (e.g., key files at 0600, cert files at 0644). PASS if mock SSH client receives correct permission values.

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44.5 Domain Type and Agent Dispatch

grep 'TargetTypeSSH' internal/domain/connector.go && grep 'sshconn' cmd/agent/main.go

What: Verifies the SSH target type is in the domain model and the agent dispatch switch handles it with the sshconn import alias. PASS if both greps find matches. FAIL if either is missing.

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Part 45: Windows Certificate Store Connector

What this validates: PowerShell-based certificate import into the Windows certificate store (My/Root/CA/WebHosting), dual-mode local/WinRM deployment.

Why it matters: Not all Windows apps use IIS — many services (SQL Server, Exchange, RDP) read certs directly from the Windows certificate store. This connector covers that surface.

45.1 WinCertStore Unit Tests Pass

go test ./internal/connector/target/wincertstore/... -v -count=1

What: Runs all 19 WinCertStore connector tests via the injectable PowerShellExecutor mock. Expected: All 19 tests pass (including on Linux CI via mock executor). PASS if exit code 0.

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45.2 Store Location Validation

go test ./internal/connector/target/wincertstore/... -run TestValidateConfig -v

What: Verifies config validation for store names (My/Root/CA/WebHosting) and locations (LocalMachine/CurrentUser), rejecting invalid values. PASS if valid stores accepted, invalid stores rejected.

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45.3 Shared certutil Package

go test ./internal/connector/target/certutil/... -v -count=1

What: Runs the 13 shared certutil tests (CreatePFX, ParsePrivateKey, ComputeThumbprint, GenerateRandomPassword, ParseCertificatePEM) used by IIS, WinCertStore, and JavaKeystore connectors. Why: This shared package is a critical dependency for 3 connectors. A regression here breaks Windows and Java deployment simultaneously. PASS if all 13 tests pass.

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Part 46: Java Keystore Connector

What this validates: PEM → PKCS#12 → keytool import pipeline for JKS and PKCS12 keystore formats, used by Tomcat, Spring Boot, and Java middleware.

Why it matters: Java apps are the largest enterprise deployment surface that still uses keystores. Automating keytool -importkeystore eliminates a manual, error-prone step that causes outages when operators forget to update the keystore.

46.1 JavaKeystore Unit Tests Pass

go test ./internal/connector/target/javakeystore/... -v -count=1

What: Runs all 21 JavaKeystore connector tests via the injectable CommandExecutor mock. Expected: All 21 tests pass. PASS if exit code 0.

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46.2 Alias Validation

go test ./internal/connector/target/javakeystore/... -run TestValidateConfig -v

What: Verifies alias names are validated against ^[a-zA-Z0-9_\-\.]+$ and path traversal in keystore_path is rejected. Why: Aliases with special characters break keytool commands. Path traversal could overwrite arbitrary files. PASS if valid aliases accepted, invalid patterns rejected.

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46.3 Keystore Format Support

go test ./internal/connector/target/javakeystore/... -run TestDeploy -v

What: Verifies both JKS and PKCS12 keystore formats work with the correct -deststoretype flag. PASS if both formats deploy successfully via mock executor.

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46.4 Shell Injection in Reload Command

go test ./internal/connector/target/javakeystore/... -run TestValidateConfig.*Injection -v

What: Verifies reload commands (e.g., systemctl restart tomcat) are validated against shell injection. PASS if injection attempts rejected.

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46.5 Existing Alias Deletion Before Import

go test ./internal/connector/target/javakeystore/... -run TestDeploy.*Existing -v

What: Verifies the connector runs keytool -delete before keytool -importkeystore to replace existing aliases, and tolerates missing alias (first deployment). PASS if delete-before-import sequence executed, missing alias tolerated.

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Part 53: Kubernetes Secrets Target Connector (M47)

What this validates: The Kubernetes Secrets target connector (internal/connector/target/k8ssecret/). Tests config validation against DNS-1123 naming rules, kubernetes.io/tls Secret creation/update, cert chain concatenation, and deployment validation via serial number comparison.

Why it matters: Kubernetes is the primary deployment target for modern infrastructure. This connector enables cert deployment as native TLS Secrets for Ingress controllers, service meshes, and workloads without cert-manager dependency.

53.1 Config Validation

go test ./internal/connector/target/k8ssecret/... -run TestValidateConfig -v -count=1

Test	Description	Method	Pass?	Date	Notes
53.1.1	Valid namespace + secret_name	Auto	☐		TestValidateConfig_Success
53.1.2	Valid config with labels	Auto	☐		TestValidateConfig_WithLabels
53.1.3	Valid config with kubeconfig_path	Auto	☐		TestValidateConfig_WithKubeconfig
53.1.4	Invalid JSON rejected	Auto	☐		TestValidateConfig_InvalidJSON
53.1.5	Missing namespace rejected	Auto	☐		TestValidateConfig_MissingNamespace
53.1.6	Missing secret_name rejected	Auto	☐		TestValidateConfig_MissingSecretName
53.1.7	Invalid namespace (uppercase) rejected	Auto	☐		TestValidateConfig_InvalidNamespace
53.1.8	Invalid secret name (special chars) rejected	Auto	☐		TestValidateConfig_InvalidSecretName

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53.2 Deployment

go test ./internal/connector/target/k8ssecret/... -run TestDeployCertificate -v -count=1

Test	Description	Method	Pass?	Date	Notes
53.2.1	Create new kubernetes.io/tls Secret	Auto	☐		TestDeployCertificate_Success_CreateNewSecret
53.2.2	Update existing Secret	Auto	☐		TestDeployCertificate_Success_UpdateExistingSecret
53.2.3	Chain PEM concatenated into tls.crt	Auto	☐		TestDeployCertificate_Success_WithChain
53.2.4	Missing KeyPEM rejected	Auto	☐		TestDeployCertificate_MissingKeyPEM
53.2.5	Missing CertPEM rejected	Auto	☐		TestDeployCertificate_MissingCertPEM
53.2.6	K8s API error propagated	Auto	☐		TestDeployCertificate_CreateError

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53.3 Validation

go test ./internal/connector/target/k8ssecret/... -run TestValidateDeployment -v -count=1

Test	Description	Method	Pass?	Date	Notes
53.3.1	Successful validation with serial match	Auto	☐		TestValidateDeployment_Success
53.3.2	Secret not found returns error	Auto	☐		TestValidateDeployment_SecretNotFound
53.3.3	Empty tls.crt detected	Auto	☐		TestValidateDeployment_EmptyTLSCert
53.3.4	Serial mismatch detected	Auto	☐		TestValidateDeployment_SerialMismatch

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53.4 Manual GUI Tests

Test	Description	Method	Pass?	Date	Notes
53.4.1	KubernetesSecrets appears in target type selector	Manual	☐		TargetsPage.tsx TARGET_TYPES array
53.4.2	Config wizard shows 4 fields (namespace, secret_name, labels, kubeconfig_path)	Manual	☐		CONFIG_FIELDS entry
53.4.3	Create target via wizard succeeds	Manual	☐		End-to-end wizard flow
53.4.4	TargetDetailPage renders "Kubernetes Secrets" type label	Manual	☐		typeLabels map
53.4.5	Helm values.yaml has kubernetesSecrets.enabled	Manual	☐		Helm chart config
53.4.6	Helm RBAC includes secrets permissions when enabled	Manual	☐		serviceaccount.yaml template

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Part 47: Certificate Digest Email

What this validates: Scheduled HTML digest email with certificate stats, expiring certs table, and owner email fallback.

Why it matters: The digest is the primary ops awareness mechanism for teams that don't have the dashboard open all day. If the digest breaks, expiring certs go unnoticed until they cause outages.

47.1 Digest Service Unit Tests Pass

go test ./internal/service/ -run TestDigest -v -count=1

What: Runs the 10 digest service tests (HTML rendering, stats aggregation, owner email fallback, empty states). Expected: All 10 tests pass. PASS if exit code 0.

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47.2 Digest Preview Endpoint

curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/digest/preview" -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}"

What: Calls the digest preview endpoint and checks it returns HTML content (200) or 503 if SMTP is not configured. PASS if HTTP 200 (with SMTP configured) or HTTP 503 (without SMTP). FAIL if 500.

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47.3 Email Adapter Unit Tests

go test ./internal/connector/notifier/email/... -v -count=1

What: Runs the 3 email adapter tests verifying the NotifierAdapter bridges connector-layer SMTP to service-layer Notifier interface. PASS if all 3 tests pass.

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47.4 Digest Handler Tests

go test ./internal/api/handler/ -run TestDigest -v -count=1

What: Runs the 8 digest handler tests (preview success/error, send success/error, method not allowed, nil handler safety). PASS if all 8 tests pass.

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Part 48: Dynamic Issuer Configuration (M34)

What this validates: GUI-driven issuer CRUD with AES-256-GCM encrypted config storage, test connection flow, and dynamic registry rebuild without server restart.

Why it matters: Before M34, adding an issuer required editing env vars and restarting the server. Dynamic config means operators can add, test, and activate a new CA from the dashboard in 30 seconds. The encryption protects sensitive fields (API keys, tokens) at rest in PostgreSQL.

48.1 Crypto Package Tests

go test ./internal/crypto/... -v -count=1

What: Runs the 10 encryption tests (AES-256-GCM encrypt/decrypt, key derivation, nil key passthrough, tamper detection). Why: The crypto package protects every issuer and target config stored in the database. A regression here leaks credentials. PASS if all 10 tests pass.

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48.2 Create Issuer via API with Encrypted Config

curl -s -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" "$SERVER/api/v1/issuers" -d '{
  "name": "Test ACME",
  "type": "ACME",
  "config": {"directory_url": "https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory", "email": "test@example.com"}
}' | jq '{id, name, type, source}'

What: Creates an issuer via the API and verifies it's stored with source: "database" (not "env"). PASS if issuer created with source="database". FAIL if source="env" or error.

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48.3 Config Redaction in API Response

curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/issuers" | jq '.data[] | select(.type == "VaultPKI") | .config'

What: Verifies that sensitive config fields (vault_token, api_key, password) are redacted in API GET responses. Why: Config contains secrets. API responses should never expose raw credentials — they must be masked with "". PASS if sensitive fields show "". FAIL if raw credentials visible.

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48.4 Env Var Backward Compatibility Seeding

# Check that env-var-configured issuers appear with source="env"
curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/issuers" | jq '[.data[] | select(.source == "env") | .id]'

What: Verifies that issuers configured via environment variables (e.g., CERTCTL_ACME_DIRECTORY_URL) are seeded into the database with source: "env" on first boot. Why: Backward compatibility — existing deployments using env vars must not break when upgrading to v2.1.0. PASS if env-configured issuers have source="env". FAIL if missing or wrong source.

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Part 49: Dynamic Target Configuration (M35)

What this validates: Same pattern as M34 but for target connectors — GUI-driven CRUD with encrypted config and test connection via agent heartbeat status.

49.1 Create Target via API

curl -s -X POST -H "$AUTH" -H "$CT" "$SERVER/api/v1/targets" -d '{
  "name": "Test NGINX",
  "type": "NGINX",
  "agent_id": "agent-web-01",
  "config": {"cert_path": "/etc/nginx/ssl/cert.pem", "key_path": "/etc/nginx/ssl/key.pem", "reload_command": "nginx -s reload"}
}' | jq '{id, name, type, source, enabled}'

What: Creates a target via the API with encrypted config storage. PASS if target created with source="database" and enabled=true.

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49.2 Test Connection via Agent Heartbeat

# Target's assigned agent must have heartbeat within last 5 minutes
curl -s -X POST -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/targets/tgt-test-nginx/test" | jq '{status, message}'

What: Tests target connection by checking if the assigned agent is online (heartbeat within 5 minutes). Why: Unlike issuers (which can be tested by calling ValidateConfig), targets can only be tested indirectly — the agent must be reachable. PASS if test returns status "connected" (agent online) or "disconnected" with message. FAIL if 500.

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Part 50: Onboarding Wizard (M36)

What this validates: First-run setup wizard shown on fresh installs when no user-configured issuers or certificates exist.

Why it matters: The onboarding wizard is the first thing a new user sees. If it breaks, the product looks unfinished. If it shows on existing installs, it's annoying. The detection logic must be precise.

50.1 Wizard Shows on Fresh Install

# With demo mode disabled (no seed_demo.sql), check that dashboard returns zero certs
curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$SERVER/api/v1/certificates" | jq '.total'

What: Verifies the precondition for wizard display: zero certificates in the system. Why: The wizard should only show when total_certificates === 0 AND no user-configured issuers exist. PASS if total=0 on fresh install. (Manual: verify wizard appears in browser.)

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50.2 Wizard Does Not Show in Demo Mode

Manual test: Start with docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.demo.yml up. Navigate to dashboard.

What: Verifies the wizard does NOT appear when seed demo data is loaded (15 certs, 5 agents). PASS if dashboard shows charts and data, no wizard overlay.

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50.3 Wizard Dismissal Persists

Manual test: Click "Skip setup" on the wizard. Refresh the page.

What: Verifies localStorage dismissal key (certctl:onboarding-dismissed) prevents wizard from reappearing. PASS if wizard does not reappear after refresh.

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50.4 Wizard Step 1: Connect a CA

Manual test: In the wizard, select an issuer type (e.g., Local CA), fill in config, click Create + Test.

What: Verifies the issuer creation flow works end-to-end from within the wizard, using the same M34 API endpoints. PASS if issuer created and test connection succeeds.

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50.5 Docker Compose Split

# Verify clean compose has no seed_demo.sql reference
grep -c 'seed_demo' deploy/docker-compose.yml
# Verify demo override has seed_demo.sql
grep -c 'seed_demo' deploy/docker-compose.demo.yml

What: Confirms the Docker Compose split: clean default (wizard-compatible) vs demo override (pre-seeded). PASS if docker-compose.yml has 0 references, docker-compose.demo.yml has 1+ references.

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Part 51: ACME Profile Selection (M45)

What this validates: ACME certificate profile selection in the newOrder request, enabling Let's Encrypt shortlived (6-day) and tlsserver profiles.

Why it matters: Let's Encrypt's 6-day shortlived certificates are the future of the web PKI. Without profile selection, certctl can only request default certificates. This feature unlocks the entire short-lived cert ecosystem.

51.1 Profile Selection Unit Tests

go test ./internal/connector/issuer/acme/ -run TestProfile -v -count=1

What: Runs the 13 ACME profile selection tests (JWS signing, nonce management, directory discovery, profile validation, empty profile fallback). Expected: All 13 tests pass. PASS if exit code 0.

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51.2 SC-081v3 Threshold Domain Tests

go test ./internal/domain/ -run TestSC081 -v -count=1

What: Runs the 5 domain tests validating renewal thresholds against the SC-081v3 validity reduction timeline (200→100→47 days, 6-day shortlived). Why: Confirms that the default thresholds [30,14,7,0] work correctly at all SC-081v3 mandated lifetimes. PASS if all 5 tests pass.

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51.3 Profile Config in Frontend

grep 'profile' web/src/config/issuerTypes.ts | grep -i 'acme'

What: Verifies the ACME issuer config includes a profile selection field (empty/tlsserver/shortlived) in the frontend. PASS if profile field found in ACME config. FAIL if missing.

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Part 52: Helm Chart Deployment (M30)

What this validates: Kubernetes deployment via the Helm chart — server, PostgreSQL, agent, with security contexts, health probes, and configurable values.

Why it matters: Helm is the standard Kubernetes deployment mechanism. The chart must produce valid manifests, set security contexts (non-root, read-only rootfs), and wire all certctl config options through values.yaml.

52.1 Helm Lint

helm lint deploy/helm/certctl/

What: Runs Helm's built-in linter to catch template syntax errors, missing required values, and structural issues. PASS if lint passes with no errors. Warnings are acceptable.

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52.2 Helm Template Renders

helm template certctl deploy/helm/certctl/ | head -50

What: Renders the chart templates with default values and verifies YAML output is valid. PASS if valid YAML rendered without errors. FAIL if template rendering fails.

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52.3 Security Contexts Present

helm template certctl deploy/helm/certctl/ | grep -c 'securityContext'

What: Verifies that rendered manifests include security contexts (non-root user, read-only root filesystem). Why: Kubernetes clusters with PodSecurityPolicies or PodSecurityAdmission will reject pods without security contexts. PASS if count > 0 (security contexts present in server Deployment, agent DaemonSet).

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52.4 Health Probes Configured

helm template certctl deploy/helm/certctl/ | grep -c 'livenessProbe\|readinessProbe'

What: Verifies that server and agent pods have health probes for Kubernetes to manage restarts. PASS if at least 2 probe references found (liveness + readiness for server).

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52.5 Values Override

helm template certctl deploy/helm/certctl/ --set server.replicaCount=3 | grep 'replicas: 3'

What: Verifies that values.yaml overrides work (e.g., scaling server replicas). PASS if rendered manifest shows replicas: 3. FAIL if override is ignored.

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Release Sign-Off

All tests below must pass before tagging v2.1.0. Each row is one individual test from the guide above. The Method column indicates whether qa-smoke-test.sh covers the test automatically (Auto) or requires hands-on verification (Manual).

Automated Prerequisites

These must be green before starting manual QA:

Gate	Pass?	Date	Notes
CI pipeline green (Go build + vet + race + lint + vuln + tests)	☐
CI pipeline green (Frontend tsc + vitest + vite build)	☐
Coverage thresholds met (service 60%, handler 60%, domain 40%, middleware 50%)	☐
qa-smoke-test.sh — 0 failures	☑	2026-03-30	124 pass, 0 fail, 5 skip

Part 1: Infrastructure & Deployment

Test	Description	Method	Pass?	Date	Notes
1.1.1	PostgreSQL is accepting connections	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
1.1.2	Database schema applied (21 tables)	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
1.1.3	Server liveness probe	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
1.1.4	Server readiness probe	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
1.1.5	Agent container is running	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
1.1.6	Demo seed data loaded (all 9 resource types)	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
1.2.1	Server shuts down cleanly on SIGTERM	Manual	☐
1.2.2	Data persists across full restart	Manual	☐
1.3.1	Custom port binding	Manual	☐
1.3.2	Debug logging	Manual	☐
1.3.3	Auth disabled with explicit none	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
1.3.4	Auth none produces warning log	Auto	☑	2026-03-30

Part 2: Authentication & Security

Test	Description	Method	Pass?	Date	Notes
2.1.1	Request without auth header returns 401	Manual	☐
2.1.2	Request with wrong API key returns 401	Manual	☐
2.1.3	Request with valid API key returns 200	Manual	☐
2.1.4	/health accessible without auth (always)	Manual	☐
2.1.5	/ready accessible without auth (always)	Manual	☐
2.1.6	/api/v1/auth/info accessible without auth (GUI bootstrap)	Manual	☐
2.1.7	/api/v1/auth/check with valid key returns 200	Manual	☐
2.1.8	/api/v1/auth/check without key returns 401	Manual	☐
2.2.1	Burst exceeds limit, returns 429 with Retry-After	Manual	☐
2.2.2	429 response includes Retry-After header	Manual	☐
2.2.3	Rate limit bucket refills after waiting	Manual	☐
2.3.1	Preflight OPTIONS with allowed origin returns CORS headers	Manual	☐
2.3.2	Request from disallowed origin has no CORS headers	Manual	☐
2.3.3	Wildcard CORS mode	Manual	☐
2.4.1	Private keys never in API responses (certificate detail)	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
2.4.2	Private keys never in API responses (certificate versions)	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
2.4.3	Private keys never in API responses (agent work)	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
2.4.4	Private keys never in server logs	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
2.4.5	API key stored as SHA-256 hash (not plaintext)	Manual	☐

Part 3: Certificate Lifecycle (CRUD)

Test	Description	Method	Pass?	Date	Notes
3.1.1	Create certificate with minimal fields	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
3.1.2	Create certificate with all fields	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
3.1.3	Create certificate with duplicate common_name	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
3.2.1	List certificates with pagination metadata	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
3.2.2	Filter by status	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
3.2.3	Filter by owner	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
3.2.4	Filter by issuer	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
3.2.5	Filter by environment	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
3.2.6	Pagination: page 2	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
3.2.7	Sort descending by notAfter	Manual	☐
3.2.8	Sort ascending by commonName	Manual	☐
3.2.9	Sparse fields	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
3.2.10	Cursor pagination: first page	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
3.2.11	Cursor pagination: second page	Manual	☐
3.2.12	Time-range filter: expires_before	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
3.3.1	Get single certificate by ID	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
3.3.2	Get nonexistent certificate returns 404	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
3.3.3	Update certificate fields	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
3.3.4	Archive (soft delete) certificate	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
3.3.5	Get archived certificate behavior	Manual	☐
3.4.1	Get certificate versions	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
3.4.2	Get certificate deployments	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
3.4.3	Trigger deployment creates a job	Manual	☐

Part 4: Renewal Workflow

Test	Description	Method	Pass?	Date	Notes
4.1.1	Trigger renewal creates job	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
4.1.2	Renewal job appears in jobs list	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
4.1.3	Renewal on nonexistent certificate returns 404	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
4.2.1	Server keygen mode: job completes automatically	Manual	☐
4.3.1	Approve a job	Manual	☐
4.3.2	Reject a job with reason	Manual	☐
4.4.1	Agent work endpoint returns pending jobs	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
4.4.2	Agent reports job status	Manual	☐

Part 5: Revocation

Test	Description	Method	Pass?	Date	Notes
5.1.1	Revoke with default reason	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
5.1.2	Revoke with reason: keyCompromise	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
5.1.3	Revoke with reason: caCompromise	Manual	☐
5.1.4	Revoke with reason: affiliationChanged	Manual	☐
5.1.5	Revoke with reason: superseded	Manual	☐
5.1.6	Revoke with reason: cessationOfOperation	Manual	☐
5.1.7	Revoke with reason: certificateHold	Manual	☐
5.1.8	Revoke with reason: privilegeWithdrawn	Manual	☐
5.2.1	Revoke already-revoked certificate	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
5.2.2	Revoke nonexistent certificate	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
5.2.3	Revoke with invalid reason	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
5.2.4	Revocation appears in audit trail	Manual	☐
5.3.1	JSON CRL endpoint	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
5.3.2	DER CRL endpoint	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
5.3.3	OCSP: good response for non-revoked cert	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
5.3.4	OCSP: revoked response for revoked cert	Manual	☐
5.3.5	OCSP: unknown serial	Manual	☐

Part 6: Issuer Connectors

Test	Description	Method	Pass?	Date	Notes
6.1.1	List issuers shows seed data	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
6.1.2	Get issuer detail	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
6.1.3	Create issuer	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
6.1.4	Update issuer	Manual	☐
6.1.5	Delete issuer	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
6.1.6	Test issuer connection	Manual	☐
6.1.7	Create issuer with missing name returns validation error	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
6.1.8	Create issuer with invalid type	Manual	☐
6.2.1	List ACME issuer with DNS-01 configuration	Manual	☐
6.2.2	Create ACME issuer with DNS-PERSIST-01	Manual	☐
6.2.3	Configure ACME with External Account Binding (ZeroSSL)	Manual	☐

Part 7: Target Connectors & Deployment

Test	Description	Method	Pass?	Date	Notes
7.1.1	List targets shows seed data	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
7.1.2	Create NGINX target	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
7.1.3	Create Apache target	Manual	☐
7.1.4	Create HAProxy target	Manual	☐
7.1.5	Create F5 BIG-IP target (stub)	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
7.1.6	Create IIS target	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
7.1.7	Get target verifies type-specific config stored	Manual	☐
7.1.8	Update target config	Manual	☐
7.1.9	Delete target returns 204	Auto	☑	2026-03-30

Part 8: Agent Operations

Test	Description	Method	Pass?	Date	Notes
8.1.1	Register new agent	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
8.1.2	List agents includes new agent	Manual	☐
8.1.3	Get agent detail with metadata	Manual	☐
8.2.1	Agent heartbeat updates last_heartbeat_at	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
8.2.2	Heartbeat metadata stored	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
8.2.3	Heartbeat for nonexistent agent	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
8.3.1	Agent work polling returns jobs	Manual	☐
8.3.2	Agent work polling with no pending work	Manual	☐
8.3.3	Agent certificate pickup	Manual	☐
8.3.4	Delete agent for cleanup	Auto	—	2026-03-30	Skipped — DELETE not implemented

Part 9: Job System

Test	Description	Method	Pass?	Date	Notes
9.1.1	List jobs with pagination	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
9.1.2	Filter jobs by status	Manual	☐
9.1.3	Filter jobs by type	Manual	☐
9.1.4	Get job detail	Manual	☐
9.1.5	Get nonexistent job	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
9.2.1	Cancel pending job	Manual	☐
9.2.2	Cancel already-completed job	Manual	☐

Part 10: Policies & Profiles

Test	Description	Method	Pass?	Date	Notes
10.1.1	List policies	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
10.1.2	Create policy	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
10.1.3	Get policy	Manual	☐
10.1.4	Update policy	Manual	☐
10.1.5	Delete policy	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
10.1.6	Policy violations endpoint	Manual	☐
10.1.7	Invalid policy type returns 400	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
10.2.1	List profiles	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
10.2.2	Create profile with crypto constraints	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
10.2.3	Get profile	Manual	☐
10.2.4	Update profile	Manual	☐
10.2.5	Delete profile	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
10.2.6	Short-lived profile exists (TTL < 1 hour)	Manual	☐

Part 11: Ownership, Teams & Agent Groups

Test	Description	Method	Pass?	Date	Notes
11.1.1	List teams	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
11.1.2	Team CRUD cycle	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
11.2.1	Owner CRUD with team assignment	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
11.2.2	Get, update, delete owner	Manual	☐
11.3.1	List agent groups	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
11.3.2	Create agent group with dynamic criteria	Manual	☐
11.3.3	Agent group membership endpoint	Manual	☐
11.3.4	Delete agent group returns 204	Manual	☐
11.4.1	Delete owner with assigned certificates (expect 409)	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
11.4.2	Delete issuer with assigned certificates (expect 409)	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
11.4.3	Delete team cascades successfully	Manual	☐

Part 12: Notifications

Test	Description	Method	Pass?	Date	Notes
12.1.1	List notifications with pagination	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
12.1.2	Get single notification	Manual	☐
12.1.3	Mark notification as read	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
12.1.4	Mark already-read notification (idempotent)	Manual	☐
12.1.5	Get nonexistent notification	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
12.1.6	Verify notification created from revocation	Manual	☐

Part 13: Observability

Test	Description	Method	Pass?	Date	Notes
13.1.1	Dashboard summary	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
13.1.2	Certificates by status	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
13.1.3	Expiration timeline	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
13.1.4	Job trends	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
13.1.5	Issuance rate	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
13.1.6	Stats with invalid days parameter	Manual	☐
13.2.1	JSON metrics endpoint	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
13.2.2	Metric values are non-negative	Manual	☐
13.2.3	Uptime is positive	Manual	☐
13.3.1	Prometheus content type	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
13.3.2	Prometheus output contains HELP lines	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
13.3.3	Prometheus output contains TYPE lines	Manual	☐
13.3.4	All documented Prometheus metrics present	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
13.3.5	Prometheus metric values are parseable numbers	Manual	☐
13.3.6	Method not allowed on metrics (POST)	Manual	☐

Part 14: Audit Trail

Test	Description	Method	Pass?	Date	Notes
14.1.1	List audit events	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
14.1.2	Get single audit event	Manual	☐
14.1.3	Filter audit by time range	Manual	☐
14.1.4	Filter audit by actor	Manual	☐
14.1.5	Filter audit by resource type	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
14.1.6	Filter audit by action	Manual	☐
14.1.7	API calls create audit entries	Manual	☐
14.1.8	Audit immutability (no PUT/DELETE)	Auto	☑	2026-03-30

Part 15: Certificate Discovery

Test	Description	Method	Pass?	Date	Notes
15.1.1	Submit discovery report	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
15.1.2	Submit report with multiple certificates	Manual	☐
15.1.3	Duplicate fingerprint deduplication	Manual	☐
15.1.4	List discovered certificates	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
15.1.5	Filter by status: Unmanaged	Manual	☐
15.1.6	Filter by agent_id	Manual	☐
15.1.7	Get discovered certificate detail	Manual	☐
15.1.8	Claim discovered certificate	Manual	☐
15.1.9	Dismiss discovered certificate	Manual	☐
15.1.10	List discovery scans	Manual	☐
15.1.11	Discovery summary	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
15.2.1	List network scan targets (seed data)	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
15.2.2	Create network scan target	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
15.2.3	Get scan target detail	Manual	☐
15.2.4	Update scan target	Manual	☐
15.2.5	Delete scan target	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
15.2.6	Trigger manual scan	Manual	☐
15.2.7	Invalid CIDR validation	Auto	☑	2026-03-30

Part 16: Enhanced Query API

Test	Description	Method	Pass?	Date	Notes
16.1.1	Sparse fields: only requested fields returned	Manual	☐
16.1.2	Sort ascending: commonName	Manual	☐
16.1.3	Sort descending: notAfter	Manual	☐
16.1.4	Sort by invalid field	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
16.1.5	Cursor pagination first page	Manual	☐
16.1.6	Cursor pagination second page	Manual	☐
16.1.7	Time-range: expires_before	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
16.1.8	Time-range: created_after	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
16.1.9	Combined filters	Auto	☑	2026-03-30

Part 17: CLI Tool

Test	Description	Method	Pass?	Date	Notes
17.2.1	List certificates (table format)	Manual	☐
17.2.2	List certificates (JSON format)	Manual	☐
17.2.3	Get specific certificate	Manual	☐
17.2.4	Get nonexistent certificate	Manual	☐
17.2.5	Renew certificate	Manual	☐
17.2.6	Revoke certificate with reason	Manual	☐
17.3.1	List agents	Manual	☐
17.3.2	List jobs	Manual	☐
17.4.1	Server status/health	Manual	☐
17.4.2	CLI version	Manual	☐
17.5.1	Import single PEM file	Manual	☐
17.6.1	--server flag overrides env var	Manual	☐
17.6.2	--api-key flag overrides env var	Manual	☐
17.6.3	Missing server URL produces error	Manual	☐

Part 18: MCP Server

Test	Description	Method	Pass?	Date	Notes
18.1.1	Binary builds successfully	Manual	☐
18.1.2	Startup with valid env vars	Manual	☐
18.1.3	Missing CERTCTL_SERVER_URL behavior	Manual	☐
18.2.1	Tool count verification	Manual	☐
18.2.2	All 16 resource domains present	Manual	☐
18.3.1	List certificates via MCP	Manual	☐
18.3.2	Get specific certificate via MCP	Manual	☐

Part 19: GUI Testing

Test	Description	Method	Pass?	Date	Notes
19.1	Authentication Flow	Manual	☐
19.2	Dashboard Page	Manual	☐
19.3	Certificates Page	Manual	☐
19.4	Certificate Detail Page	Manual	☐
19.5	Jobs Page — Approval Workflow	Manual	☐
19.6	Discovery Triage Page	Manual	☐
19.7	Network Scan Management Page	Manual	☐
19.8	Other Pages (agents, policies, audit, etc.)	Manual	☐
19.9	Cross-Cutting (responsive, error states, dark theme)	Manual	☐

Part 20: Background Scheduler

Test	Description	Method	Pass?	Date	Notes
20.1.1	Scheduler startup: all 7 loops registered	Manual	☐
20.1.2	Job processor loop fires (30s interval)	Manual	☐
20.1.3	Agent health check marks offline (2m interval)	Manual	☐
20.1.4	Notification processor fires (1m interval)	Manual	☐
20.1.5	Short-lived expiry check (30s interval)	Manual	☐
20.1.6	Network scanner loop (conditional on env var)	Manual	☐
20.1.7	Renewal check loop (1h interval — log verification)	Manual	☐
20.1.8	Scheduler graceful stop	Manual	☐

Part 21: Error Handling

Test	Description	Method	Pass?	Date	Notes
21.1.1	Malformed JSON body	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
21.1.2	Missing required field	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
21.1.3	Method not allowed	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
21.1.4	Invalid query parameter	Manual	☐
21.1.5	UTF-8 in common name	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
21.1.6	Concurrent requests (parallel curl)	Manual	☐
21.1.7	Server survives internal error	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
21.1.8	Empty request body on POST	Auto	☑	2026-03-30

Part 22: Performance Spot Checks

Test	Description	Method	Pass?	Date	Notes
22.1.1	List certificates < 200ms	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
22.1.2	Stats summary < 500ms	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
22.1.3	Metrics < 200ms	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
22.1.4	50 health checks < 5 seconds total	Manual	☐

Part 23: Structured Logging

Test	Description	Method	Pass?	Date	Notes
23.1.1	Server logs are valid JSON	Manual	☐
23.1.2	Log lines contain level field	Manual	☐
23.1.3	Request ID propagation	Manual	☐
23.1.4	Error logs at ERROR level	Manual	☐
23.1.5	No unstructured output in log stream	Manual	☐

Part 24: Documentation Verification

Test	Description	Method	Pass?	Date	Notes
24.1	OpenAPI spec matches router, README accuracy	Manual	☐

Part 25: Regression Tests

Test	Description	Method	Pass?	Date	Notes
25.1.1	DELETE endpoints return 204, not 200	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
25.1.2	per_page exceeding max falls back to default	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
25.1.3	Seed demo network scan targets present	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
25.1.4	GUI delete on FK-restricted entities shows error, not silent f...	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
25.1.5	OpenAPI spec operations match router	Manual	☐
25.1.6	Go service tests use strings.Contains, not errors.Is	Auto	☑	2026-03-30

Part 26: EST Server (RFC 7030)

Test	Description	Method	Pass?	Date	Notes
26.1	GET /.well-known/est/cacerts returns PKCS#7 CA chain	Auto	—	2026-03-30	Skipped — EST not enabled in demo
26.2	GET /cacerts method enforcement	Auto	—	2026-03-30	Skipped — EST not enabled in demo
26.3	POST /.well-known/est/simpleenroll with PEM CSR	Manual	☐
26.4	POST /simpleenroll with base64-encoded DER CSR	Manual	☐
26.5	POST /simpleenroll with empty body	Auto	—	2026-03-30	Skipped — EST not enabled in demo
26.6	POST /simpleenroll with invalid CSR	Manual	☐
26.7	POST /simpleenroll with CSR missing Common Name	Manual	☐
26.8	POST /simpleenroll method enforcement (GET not allowed)	Manual	☐
26.9	POST /.well-known/est/simplereenroll (re-enrollment)	Manual	☐
26.10	GET /simplereenroll method enforcement	Manual	☐
26.11	GET /.well-known/est/csrattrs returns 204 (no required attrs)	Auto	—	2026-03-30	Skipped — EST not enabled in demo
26.12	POST /csrattrs method enforcement	Manual	☐
26.13	EST enrollment creates audit event	Manual	☐
26.14	EST disabled returns 404	Manual	☐
26.15	EST with profile binding	Manual	☐

Part 27: Post-Deployment TLS Verification

Test	Description	Method	Pass?	Date	Notes
27.1	Submit Verification Result (Success)	Manual	☐
27.2	Submit Verification Result (Failure — Fingerprint Mismatch)	Manual	☐
27.3	Get Verification Status	Manual	☐
27.4	Missing Required Fields	Manual	☐
27.5	Audit Trail	Manual	☐
27.6	Database Schema Verification	Auto	☑	2026-03-30

Part 28: Traefik & Caddy Target Connectors

Test	Description	Method	Pass?	Date	Notes
28.1	Traefik File Provider Deployment	Manual	☐
28.2	Caddy API Mode Deployment	Manual	☐
28.3	Caddy File Mode Deployment	Manual	☐
28.4	Agent Connector Dispatch	Manual	☐
28.5	Connector Unit Tests	Manual	☐

Part 29: Certificate Export

Test	Description	Method	Pass?	Date	Notes
29.1	Export PEM (JSON Response)	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
29.2	Export PEM (File Download)	Manual	☐
29.3	Export PEM — Not Found	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
29.4	Export PKCS#12	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
29.5	Export PKCS#12 — Empty Password	Manual	☐
29.6	Export Audit Trail	Manual	☐
29.7	Export Unit Tests	Manual	☐
29.8	GUI Export Buttons	Manual	☐

Part 30: S/MIME & EKU Support

Test	Description	Method	Pass?	Date	Notes
30.1	S/MIME Profile Exists in Seed Data	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
30.2	All Five Profiles Present	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
30.3	EKU Strings in Profile API	Manual	☐
30.4	Agent CSR SAN Splitting (Email vs DNS)	Manual	☐
30.5	EKU Service-Layer Tests	Manual	☐

Part 31: OCSP Responder & DER CRL

Test	Description	Method	Pass?	Date	Notes
31.1	DER-Encoded CRL	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
31.2	DER CRL — Nonexistent Issuer	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
31.3	OCSP Responder — Good Status	Manual	☐
31.4	OCSP Responder — Revoked Status	Manual	☐
31.5	OCSP — Unknown Certificate	Manual	☐
31.6	Short-Lived Certificate CRL Exemption	Manual	☐
31.7	OCSP / CRL Unit Tests	Manual	☐

Part 32: Request Body Size Limits

Test	Description	Method	Pass?	Date	Notes
32.1	Default 1MB Limit	Manual	☐
32.2	Normal-Sized Requests Work	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
32.3	Custom Body Size via Environment Variable	Manual	☐
32.4	Requests Without Bodies Are Unaffected	Auto	☑	2026-03-30

Part 33: Apache & HAProxy Target Connectors

Test	Description	Method	Pass?	Date	Notes
33.1	Create Apache Target	Manual	☐
33.2	Apache Config — Separate Files	Manual	☐
33.3	Create HAProxy Target	Manual	☐
33.4	HAProxy Combined PEM Requirement	Manual	☐
33.5	Shell Command Injection Prevention	Manual	☐
33.6	Connector Unit Tests	Manual	☐

Part 34: Sub-CA Mode

Test	Description	Method	Pass?	Date	Notes
34.1	Self-Signed Mode (Default)	Manual	☐
34.2	Sub-CA Mode — Configuration	Manual	☐
34.3	Sub-CA Chain Construction	Manual	☐
34.4	Sub-CA Validation — Non-CA Cert Rejected	Manual	☐
34.5	Sub-CA Key Format Support	Manual	☐
34.6	CRL Signing in Sub-CA Mode	Manual	☐

Part 35: ARI (RFC 9773) Scheduler Integration

Test	Description	Method	Pass?	Date	Notes
35.a1	ARI nil fallback — renewal jobs still created	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
35.a2	No ARI errors with Local CA issuer	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
35.a3	Server healthy after ARI wiring (metrics)	Auto	☑	2026-03-30
35.1	ARI defers renewal when CA says "not yet" (requires ACME+ARI)	Manual	☐
35.2	ARI triggers renewal when CA says "now" (requires ACME+ARI)	Manual	☐
35.3	ARI fallback on error — threshold-based (requires ACME+ARI)	Manual	☐

Part 36: Agent Work Routing (M31)

Test	Description	Method	Pass?	Date	Notes
36.a1	Agent receives only its deployment jobs	Auto	☐
36.a2	Agent with no targets gets empty work list	Auto	☐
36.a3	Deployment jobs have agent_id populated	Auto	☐
36.1	Multi-agent routing with 2 agents, 2 targets	Manual	☐
36.2	Agent with no assigned targets gets empty work	Manual	☐
36.3	Database agent_id populated on deployment jobs	Manual	☐

Part 37: GUI Completeness (Pre-2.1.0-E)

Test	Description	Method	Pass?	Date	Notes
37.1	DigestPage renders preview iframe	Manual	☐
37.2	DigestPage send button with confirmation modal	Manual	☐
37.3	ObservabilityPage shows metrics gauges	Manual	☐
37.4	ObservabilityPage Prometheus config block	Manual	☐
37.5	ObservabilityPage live Prometheus output	Manual	☐
37.6	JobDetailPage displays job info and timeline	Manual	☐
37.7	JobDetailPage verification section for deployment jobs	Manual	☐
37.8	IssuerDetailPage shows redacted config	Manual	☐
37.9	IssuerDetailPage test connection button	Manual	☐
37.10	IssuerDetailPage issued certificates list	Manual	☐
37.11	TargetDetailPage shows config and agent link	Manual	☐
37.12	TargetDetailPage deployment history table	Manual	☐
37.13	JobsPage — job IDs clickable to /jobs/:id	Manual	☐
37.14	JobsPage — verification column for deployment jobs	Manual	☐
37.15	IssuersPage — issuer names clickable to /issuers/:id	Manual	☐
37.16	TargetsPage — target names clickable to /targets/:id	Manual	☐
37.17	Sidebar — Digest and Observability nav items	Manual	☐

Part 38: Vault PKI Connector (M32)

Test	Description	Method	Pass?	Date	Notes
38.s1	Vault PKI issuer exists in seed data	Auto	☑	2026-03-30	qa-smoke-test.sh 38.1
38.s2	Vault issuer type is VaultPKI	Auto	☑	2026-03-30	qa-smoke-test.sh 38.2
38.s3	Vault issuer is enabled	Auto	☑	2026-03-30	qa-smoke-test.sh 38.3
38.s4	Vault connector passes go vet	Auto	☑	2026-03-30	qa-smoke-test.sh 38.4
38.s5	Vault connector tests pass	Auto	☑	2026-03-30	qa-smoke-test.sh 38.5
38.s6	OpenAPI spec includes VaultPKI type	Auto	☑	2026-03-30	qa-smoke-test.sh 38.6
38.1	Register Vault PKI issuer	Manual	☐		Requires live Vault server
38.2	Issue certificate via Vault PKI	Manual	☐		Requires live Vault server
38.3	Verify certificate serial and subject	Manual	☐		Requires live Vault server
38.4	Revocation records locally	Manual	☐		Requires live Vault server

Part 39: DigiCert Connector (M37)

Test	Description	Method	Pass?	Date	Notes
39.s1	DigiCert issuer exists in seed data	Auto	☑	2026-03-30	qa-smoke-test.sh 39.1
39.s2	DigiCert issuer type is DigiCert	Auto	☑	2026-03-30	qa-smoke-test.sh 39.2
39.s3	DigiCert issuer is enabled	Auto	☑	2026-03-30	qa-smoke-test.sh 39.3
39.s4	DigiCert connector passes go vet	Auto	☑	2026-03-30	qa-smoke-test.sh 39.4
39.s5	DigiCert connector tests pass	Auto	☑	2026-03-30	qa-smoke-test.sh 39.5
39.s6	OpenAPI spec includes DigiCert type	Auto	☑	2026-03-30	qa-smoke-test.sh 39.6
39.1	Register DigiCert issuer	Manual	☐		Requires DigiCert sandbox
39.2	Issue DV certificate via DigiCert	Manual	☐		Requires DigiCert sandbox
39.3	Verify order ID tracking	Manual	☐		Requires DigiCert sandbox
39.4	Async poll behavior	Manual	☐		Requires DigiCert sandbox
39.5	Revocation records locally	Manual	☐		Requires DigiCert sandbox

Part 54: AWS ACM Private CA Issuer Connector (M47)

Test	Description	Method	Pass?	Date	Notes
54.1.1	Valid region + ca_arn	Auto	☐		TestValidateConfig_Success
54.1.2	All optional fields	Auto	☐		TestValidateConfig_AllOptionalFields
54.1.3	Invalid JSON rejected	Auto	☐		TestValidateConfig_InvalidJSON
54.1.4	Missing region rejected	Auto	☐		TestValidateConfig_MissingRegion
54.1.5	Missing ca_arn rejected	Auto	☐		TestValidateConfig_MissingCAArn
54.1.6	Invalid ca_arn format rejected	Auto	☐		TestValidateConfig_InvalidCAArn
54.1.7	Invalid signing algorithm rejected	Auto	☐		TestValidateConfig_InvalidSigningAlgorithm
54.1.8	Invalid validity_days rejected	Auto	☐		TestValidateConfig_InvalidValidityDays
54.2.1	Full issuance: issue → get cert → parse	Auto	☐		TestIssueCertificate_Success
54.2.2	Empty CSR rejected	Auto	☐		TestIssueCertificate_EmptyCSR
54.2.3	Issue API error propagated	Auto	☐		TestIssueCertificate_IssueError
54.2.4	GetCertificate API error propagated	Auto	☐		TestIssueCertificate_GetCertificateError
54.3.1	Renewal reuses issuance path	Auto	☐		TestRenewCertificate_Success
54.4.1	Revocation with specific reason	Auto	☐		TestRevokeCertificate_Success
54.4.2	Revocation with default reason	Auto	☐		TestRevokeCertificate_WithDefaultReason
54.4.3	Revocation API error propagated	Auto	☐		TestRevokeCertificate_Error
54.5.1	GetOrderStatus returns completed	Auto	☐		TestGetOrderStatus_ReturnsCompleted
54.5.2	GetCACertPEM returns CA certificate	Auto	☐		TestGetCACertPEM_Success
54.5.3	GetCACertPEM returns cert + chain	Auto	☐		TestGetCACertPEM_WithChain
54.5.4	GetCACertPEM error propagated	Auto	☐		TestGetCACertPEM_Error
54.5.5	GetRenewalInfo returns nil (no ARI)	Auto	☐		TestGetRenewalInfo_ReturnsNil
54.5.6	Default signing_algorithm applied	Auto	☐		TestValidateConfig_AppliesDefaults
54.5.7	RFC 5280 revocation reasons mapped	Auto	☐		TestRevocationReason_Mapping
54.6.1	AWSACMPCA appears in issuer catalog card	Manual	☐		issuerTypes.ts entry
54.6.2	Config wizard shows 5 fields	Manual	☐		ConfigField definitions
54.6.3	signing_algorithm rendered as dropdown	Manual	☐		type: 'select' with 6 options
54.6.4	Create issuer via wizard succeeds	Manual	☐		End-to-end wizard flow
54.6.5	Seed data row visible in demo mode	Manual	☐		seed_demo.sql entry
54.6.6	Issuer detail page shows label	Manual	☐		typeLabels or issuerTypes name

Part 40: Issuer Catalog Page (M33)

Test	Description	Method	Pass?	Date	Notes
40.s1	Shared issuerTypes config exists	Auto	☑	2026-03-30	qa-smoke-test.sh 40.1
40.s2	VaultPKI in issuerTypes config	Auto	☑	2026-03-30	qa-smoke-test.sh 40.2
40.s3	DigiCert in issuerTypes config	Auto	☑	2026-03-30	qa-smoke-test.sh 40.3
40.s4	ACME EAB fields in config	Auto	☑	2026-03-30	qa-smoke-test.sh 40.4
40.s5	Sensitive field flag in config	Auto	☑	2026-03-30	qa-smoke-test.sh 40.5
40.s6	ConfigDetailModal component exists	Auto	☑	2026-03-30	qa-smoke-test.sh 40.6
40.s7	Frontend build succeeds	Auto	☑	2026-03-30	qa-smoke-test.sh 40.7
40.s8	Frontend tests pass	Auto	☑	2026-03-30	qa-smoke-test.sh 40.8
40.m1	Create VaultPKI issuer via wizard	Manual	☐
40.m2	Create DigiCert issuer via wizard	Manual	☐
40.m3	Create ACME issuer with EAB fields	Manual	☐
40.m4	Catalog cards show correct status	Manual	☐
40.m5	Config detail modal shows full redacted config	Manual	☐
40.m6	Issuer type filter works	Manual	☐

Part 41: Frontend Audit Fixes

Test	Description	Method	Pass?	Date	Notes
41.s1	Certificate TS type has lifecycle fields	Auto	☐		qa-smoke-test.sh 41.1
41.s2	API client has new endpoint functions	Auto	☐		qa-smoke-test.sh 41.2
41.s3	CertificatesPage has filter dropdowns	Auto	☐		qa-smoke-test.sh 41.3
41.s4	CertificatesPage shows last_renewal_at	Auto	☐		qa-smoke-test.sh 41.4
41.s5	JobsPage shows error_message	Auto	☐		qa-smoke-test.sh 41.5
41.s6	ProfilesPage has key algorithm fields	Auto	☐		qa-smoke-test.sh 41.6
41.s7	ProfilesPage has EKU checkboxes	Auto	☐		qa-smoke-test.sh 41.7
41.s8	DiscoveryPage shows is_ca badge	Auto	☐		qa-smoke-test.sh 41.8
41.s9	TargetDetailPage has Edit functionality	Auto	☐		qa-smoke-test.sh 41.9
41.s10	CertificatesPage has tags field	Auto	☐		qa-smoke-test.sh 41.10
41.s11	AgentFleetPage maps darwin to macOS	Auto	☐		qa-smoke-test.sh 41.11
41.s12	Frontend builds after audit fixes	Auto	☐		qa-smoke-test.sh 41.12
41.m1	Profile create form — key algorithm config	Manual	☐
41.m2	Profile create form — EKU selection	Manual	☐
41.m3	Certificate create form — tags	Manual	☐
41.m4	Jobs table — error message column	Manual	☐
41.m5	Certificates table — lifecycle columns	Manual	☐
41.m6	Certificate filters — issuer/owner/profile	Manual	☐
41.m7	Target detail — edit button	Manual	☐
41.m8	Discovery table — CA badge	Manual	☐
41.m9	Fleet overview — macOS display	Manual	☐

Part 43: Sectigo SCM Connector (M43)

Prerequisites: Sectigo SCM account with API access, valid customerUri + login + password credentials, at least one cert type available in /ssl/v1/types.

Automated Tests

Test	Description	Method	Pass?	Date	Notes
43.s1	IssuerTypeSectigo constant exists in domain	Auto	☐		grep 'Sectigo' internal/domain/connector.go
43.s2	SectigoConfig struct exists in config	Auto	☐		grep 'SectigoConfig' internal/config/config.go
43.s3	iss-sectigo in seed_demo.sql	Auto	☐		grep 'iss-sectigo' migrations/seed_demo.sql
43.s4	Sectigo in OpenAPI IssuerType enum	Auto	☐		grep 'Sectigo' api/openapi.yaml
43.s5	Sectigo connector tests pass	Auto	☐		go test ./internal/connector/issuer/sectigo/... -v
43.s6	Sectigo in issuerTypes.ts	Auto	☐		grep 'Sectigo' web/src/config/issuerTypes.ts
43.s7	Frontend build succeeds	Auto	☐		cd web && npm run build
43.s8	Full Go build succeeds	Auto	☐		go build ./cmd/server/... ./cmd/agent/... ./cmd/cli/... ./cmd/mcp-server/...

Manual Tests

43.M1: Validate Sectigo Credentials

1. Configure env vars: CERTCTL_SECTIGO_CUSTOMER_URI, CERTCTL_SECTIGO_LOGIN, CERTCTL_SECTIGO_PASSWORD, CERTCTL_SECTIGO_ORG_ID
2. Start certctl server — verify log line: Sectigo SCM issuer registered
3. Call GET /api/v1/issuers — verify iss-sectigo appears in the list

PASS if iss-sectigo registered and visible in API.

43.M2: Enroll DV Certificate

1. Create a certificate with issuer_id: iss-sectigo
2. Trigger issuance — verify enrollment submitted (job enters Pending or AwaitingCSR)
3. If DV, check for immediate issuance or poll via GetOrderStatus
4. Verify sslId tracked in job's order_id field

PASS if enrollment submits successfully, sslId returned, job state machine progresses.

43.M3: Async Polling — OV Certificate

1. Submit OV certificate enrollment (requires org validation)
2. Verify job enters Pending state with sslId in order_id
3. Wait for Sectigo to process (or mock status check)
4. Verify GetOrderStatus returns "pending" → "completed" transition
5. Verify PEM bundle downloaded and parsed (leaf + chain)

PASS if async flow works end-to-end with correct status transitions.

43.M4: Collect Not Ready (400/-183 Handling)

1. If possible, catch the window where status is "Issued" but cert not yet generated
2. Verify collect endpoint returns 400 with code -183
3. Verify GetOrderStatus treats this as "pending" (not error)
4. Verify next poll succeeds when cert is generated

PASS if 400/-183 handled gracefully as pending, not as error.

43.M5: Revocation

1. Revoke an issued Sectigo certificate via POST /api/v1/certificates/{id}/revoke
2. Verify Sectigo revoke endpoint called (POST /ssl/v1/revoke/{sslId})
3. Verify audit trail records revocation

PASS if revocation recorded in certctl and sent to Sectigo.

43.M6: Auth Header Verification

1. Inspect network requests to Sectigo API (via proxy or logs)
2. Verify all 3 headers present: customerUri, login, password
3. Verify no X-DC-DEVKEY header (DigiCert auth should not leak)

PASS if correct 3-header auth on all requests.

Part 44: Google CAS Issuer Connector (M44)

Prerequisites: GCP project with Certificate Authority Service enabled, CA pool created, service account with roles/privateca.certificateManager, service account JSON key file.

Automated Tests

Test	Description	Method	Pass?	Date	Notes
44.s1	IssuerTypeGoogleCAS constant exists in domain	Auto	☐		grep 'GoogleCAS' internal/domain/connector.go
44.s2	GoogleCASConfig struct exists in config	Auto	☐		grep 'GoogleCASConfig' internal/config/config.go
44.s3	iss-googlecas in seed_demo.sql	Auto	☐		grep 'iss-googlecas' migrations/seed_demo.sql
44.s4	GoogleCAS in OpenAPI IssuerType enum	Auto	☐		grep 'GoogleCAS' api/openapi.yaml
44.s5	Google CAS connector tests pass	Auto	☐		go test ./internal/connector/issuer/googlecas/... -v
44.s6	GoogleCAS in issuerTypes.ts	Auto	☐		grep 'GoogleCAS' web/src/config/issuerTypes.ts
44.s7	Frontend build succeeds	Auto	☐		cd web && npm run build
44.s8	Full Go build succeeds	Auto	☐		go build ./cmd/server/... ./cmd/agent/... ./cmd/cli/... ./cmd/mcp-server/...

Manual Tests

44.M1: Validate Google CAS Credentials

1. Configure env vars: CERTCTL_GOOGLE_CAS_PROJECT, CERTCTL_GOOGLE_CAS_LOCATION, CERTCTL_GOOGLE_CAS_CA_POOL, CERTCTL_GOOGLE_CAS_CREDENTIALS
2. Start certctl server — verify log line: Google CAS issuer registered
3. Call GET /api/v1/issuers — verify iss-googlecas appears in the list

PASS if iss-googlecas registered and visible in API.

44.M2: Issue Certificate via Google CAS

1. Create a certificate with issuer_id: iss-googlecas
2. Trigger issuance — verify synchronous issuance (no async polling needed)
3. Verify PEM cert returned with correct CN and SANs
4. Verify certificate resource name stored in order_id field

PASS if certificate issued synchronously, PEM valid, resource name tracked.

44.M3: Renewal via Google CAS

1. Trigger renewal on a Google CAS-issued certificate
2. Verify new certificate issued (delegates to IssueCertificate)
3. Verify new serial number, updated validity dates

PASS if renewal produces new cert with new serial.

44.M4: Revocation via Google CAS

1. Revoke a Google CAS-issued certificate via POST /api/v1/certificates/{id}/revoke
2. Verify Google CAS revoke endpoint called (POST {name}:revoke)
3. Verify revocation reason mapped correctly (RFC 5280 → Google CAS enum)
4. Verify audit trail records revocation

PASS if revocation recorded in certctl and sent to Google CAS.

44.M5: OAuth2 Token Caching

1. Issue multiple certificates in quick succession
2. Verify token is cached (not re-fetched for every request)
3. Verify token refresh after expiry

PASS if token reuse observed, refresh works after expiry.

44.M6: CA Certificate Retrieval

1. Call EST cacerts endpoint with Google CAS as issuer
2. Verify CA certificate chain returned from Google CAS fetchCaCerts API

PASS if CA cert PEM returned successfully.

Part 45: F5 BIG-IP Target Connector (M40)

Prerequisites: F5 BIG-IP device (v12.0+) with iControl REST enabled, admin credentials, SSL client profile configured, proxy agent in same network zone.

Automated Tests

Test	Description	Method	Pass?	Date	Notes
45.s1	TargetTypeF5 constant exists in domain	Auto	☐		grep 'TargetTypeF5' internal/domain/connector.go
45.s2	F5 connector tests pass	Auto	☐		go test ./internal/connector/target/f5/... -v
45.s3	F5 config fields in TargetsPage.tsx	Auto	☐		grep 'ssl_profile' web/src/pages/TargetsPage.tsx
45.s4	F5 in OpenAPI TargetType enum	Auto	☐		grep 'F5' api/openapi.yaml
45.s5	Agent dispatch handles F5 error return	Auto	☐		grep 'f5.New' cmd/agent/main.go
45.s6	F5 connector docs updated (not "Interface Only")	Auto	☐		grep 'Implemented' docs/connectors.md
45.s7	Frontend build succeeds	Auto	☐		cd web && npm run build
45.s8	Full Go build succeeds	Auto	☐		go build ./cmd/server/... ./cmd/agent/... ./cmd/cli/... ./cmd/mcp-server/...

Manual Tests

45.M1: Validate F5 Connectivity

1. Configure proxy agent with F5 target (host, username, password, partition, ssl_profile)
2. Trigger ValidateConfig — verify authentication succeeds
3. Verify log line: F5 configuration validated

PASS if auth token obtained, no errors.

45.M2: Deploy Certificate to F5

1. Create certificate, assign to F5 target via proxy agent
2. Trigger deployment — verify full iControl REST flow (upload → install → transaction → profile update → commit)
3. Verify SSL profile updated via F5 management GUI or GET /mgmt/tm/ltm/profile/client-ssl/~Common~{profile}
4. Verify virtual servers bound to the profile serve the new cert

PASS if certificate deployed, profile updated, virtual servers serving new cert.

45.M3: Deploy Without Chain

1. Issue a cert without chain (self-signed or single-issuer)
2. Deploy to F5 — verify chain upload/install steps are skipped
3. Verify profile updated with cert and key only (no chain field)

PASS if deployment succeeds without chain, profile has cert/key but no chain.

45.M4: Transaction Rollback on Failure

1. Configure an invalid SSL profile name
2. Trigger deployment — verify upload/install succeeds but profile update fails
3. Verify transaction rolled back (F5 auto-rollback)
4. Verify cleanup: uploaded crypto objects deleted from F5

PASS if error reported, crypto objects cleaned up.

45.M5: Validate Deployment

1. After successful deployment, call ValidateDeployment
2. Verify SSL profile queried and cert name returned in metadata
3. Verify current_cert metadata matches the deployed cert object name

PASS if validation returns Valid=true with correct cert reference.

45.M6: Token Refresh on 401

1. Deploy with valid credentials
2. Wait for token to expire (or manually invalidate)
3. Trigger another deployment — verify automatic re-authentication and retry

PASS if deployment succeeds after token refresh.

Part 42: Envoy Target Connector

Test	Description	Method	Pass?	Date	Notes
42.1	Envoy connector unit tests pass	Auto	☐		go test ./internal/connector/target/envoy/...
42.2	TargetTypeEnvoy in domain	Auto	☐		grep 'TargetTypeEnvoy' internal/domain/connector.go
42.3	Envoy config fields in frontend	Auto	☐		grep 'Envoy' web/src/pages/TargetsPage.tsx
42.4	SDS JSON output validation	Auto	☐		go test -run TestDeploy.*SDS
42.5	Path traversal prevention	Auto	☐		go test -run TestValidateConfig.*Traversal

Part 43: Postfix & Dovecot Target Connectors

Test	Description	Method	Pass?	Date	Notes
43.1	Postfix/Dovecot unit tests pass	Auto	☐		go test ./internal/connector/target/postfix/...
43.2	Shell injection prevention	Auto	☐		go test -run TestValidateConfig.*Injection
43.3	Dovecot mode config	Auto	☐		go test -run TestValidateConfig_DovecotMode
43.4	Domain types registered	Auto	☐		grep 'TargetTypePostfix|TargetTypeDovecot'

Part 44: SSH Target Connector

Test	Description	Method	Pass?	Date	Notes
44.1	SSH connector unit tests pass	Auto	☐		go test ./internal/connector/target/ssh/...
44.2	Auth method validation	Auto	☐		go test -run TestValidateConfig
44.3	Shell injection prevention	Auto	☐		go test -run TestValidateConfig.*Injection
44.4	SFTP file permissions	Auto	☐		go test -run TestDeploy
44.5	Domain type and agent dispatch	Auto	☐		grep 'TargetTypeSSH|sshconn'

Part 45: Windows Certificate Store Connector

Test	Description	Method	Pass?	Date	Notes
45.1	WinCertStore unit tests pass	Auto	☐		go test ./internal/connector/target/wincertstore/...
45.2	Store location validation	Auto	☐		go test -run TestValidateConfig
45.3	Shared certutil package tests	Auto	☐		go test ./internal/connector/target/certutil/...

Part 46: Java Keystore Connector

Test	Description	Method	Pass?	Date	Notes
46.1	JavaKeystore unit tests pass	Auto	☐		go test ./internal/connector/target/javakeystore/...
46.2	Alias validation	Auto	☐		go test -run TestValidateConfig
46.3	Keystore format support	Auto	☐		go test -run TestDeploy
46.4	Shell injection in reload	Auto	☐		go test -run TestValidateConfig.*Injection
46.5	Existing alias deletion	Auto	☐		go test -run TestDeploy.*Existing

Part 53: Kubernetes Secrets Target Connector (M47)

Test	Description	Method	Pass?	Date	Notes
53.1.1	Valid namespace + secret_name	Auto	☐		TestValidateConfig_Success
53.1.2	Valid config with labels	Auto	☐		TestValidateConfig_WithLabels
53.1.3	Valid config with kubeconfig_path	Auto	☐		TestValidateConfig_WithKubeconfig
53.1.4	Invalid JSON rejected	Auto	☐		TestValidateConfig_InvalidJSON
53.1.5	Missing namespace rejected	Auto	☐		TestValidateConfig_MissingNamespace
53.1.6	Missing secret_name rejected	Auto	☐		TestValidateConfig_MissingSecretName
53.1.7	Invalid namespace (uppercase) rejected	Auto	☐		TestValidateConfig_InvalidNamespace
53.1.8	Invalid secret name (special chars) rejected	Auto	☐		TestValidateConfig_InvalidSecretName
53.2.1	Create new kubernetes.io/tls Secret	Auto	☐		TestDeployCertificate_Success_CreateNewSecret
53.2.2	Update existing Secret	Auto	☐		TestDeployCertificate_Success_UpdateExistingSecret
53.2.3	Chain PEM concatenated into tls.crt	Auto	☐		TestDeployCertificate_Success_WithChain
53.2.4	Missing KeyPEM rejected	Auto	☐		TestDeployCertificate_MissingKeyPEM
53.2.5	Missing CertPEM rejected	Auto	☐		TestDeployCertificate_MissingCertPEM
53.2.6	K8s API error propagated	Auto	☐		TestDeployCertificate_CreateError
53.3.1	Successful validation with serial match	Auto	☐		TestValidateDeployment_Success
53.3.2	Secret not found returns error	Auto	☐		TestValidateDeployment_SecretNotFound
53.3.3	Empty tls.crt detected	Auto	☐		TestValidateDeployment_EmptyTLSCert
53.3.4	Serial mismatch detected	Auto	☐		TestValidateDeployment_SerialMismatch
53.4.1	KubernetesSecrets appears in target type selector	Manual	☐		TargetsPage.tsx TARGET_TYPES array
53.4.2	Config wizard shows 4 fields	Manual	☐		CONFIG_FIELDS entry
53.4.3	Create target via wizard succeeds	Manual	☐		End-to-end wizard flow
53.4.4	TargetDetailPage renders type label	Manual	☐		typeLabels map
53.4.5	Helm values.yaml has kubernetesSecrets.enabled	Manual	☐		Helm chart config
53.4.6	Helm RBAC includes secrets permissions	Manual	☐		serviceaccount.yaml template

Part 47: Certificate Digest Email

Test	Description	Method	Pass?	Date	Notes
47.1	Digest service unit tests	Auto	☐		go test -run TestDigest
47.2	Digest preview endpoint	Auto	☐		curl /api/v1/digest/preview
47.3	Email adapter unit tests	Auto	☐		go test ./internal/connector/notifier/email/...
47.4	Digest handler tests	Auto	☐		go test -run TestDigest (handler)

Part 48: Dynamic Issuer Configuration (M34)

Test	Description	Method	Pass?	Date	Notes
48.1	Crypto package tests	Auto	☐		go test ./internal/crypto/...
48.2	Create issuer via API	Auto	☐		POST /api/v1/issuers
48.3	Config redaction in response	Manual	☐		Verify sensitive fields masked
48.4	Env var backward compat seeding	Manual	☐		Verify source="env" for env issuers

Part 49: Dynamic Target Configuration (M35)

Test	Description	Method	Pass?	Date	Notes
49.1	Create target via API	Auto	☐		POST /api/v1/targets
49.2	Test connection via heartbeat	Manual	☐		Agent must be online

Part 50: Onboarding Wizard (M36)

Test	Description	Method	Pass?	Date	Notes
50.1	Wizard shows on fresh install	Manual	☐		No seed data
50.2	Wizard does NOT show in demo mode	Manual	☐		With seed_demo.sql
50.3	Wizard dismissal persists	Manual	☐		localStorage check
50.4	Wizard Step 1: Connect a CA	Manual	☐		Full issuer creation flow
50.5	Docker Compose split	Auto	☐		grep seed_demo both files

Part 51: ACME Profile Selection (M45)

Test	Description	Method	Pass?	Date	Notes
51.1	Profile selection unit tests	Auto	☐		go test -run TestProfile
51.2	SC-081v3 threshold domain tests	Auto	☐		go test -run TestSC081
51.3	Profile config in frontend	Auto	☐		grep 'profile' issuerTypes.ts

Part 52: Helm Chart Deployment (M30)

Test	Description	Method	Pass?	Date	Notes
52.1	Helm lint	Auto	☐		helm lint deploy/helm/certctl/
52.2	Helm template renders	Auto	☐		helm template certctl deploy/helm/certctl/
52.3	Security contexts present	Auto	☐		grep securityContext in output
52.4	Health probes configured	Auto	☐		grep livenessProbe|readinessProbe
52.5	Values override	Auto	☐		--set server.replicaCount=3

Summary

Category	Count
☑ Auto (passed in qa-smoke-test.sh)	144
☐ Auto (not yet run)	129
— Skipped (preconditions not met in demo)	5
☐ Manual (requires hands-on verification)	282
Total	560

Automated tests must also be green. CI passing is necessary but not sufficient — this manual QA catches integration issues that isolated unit tests miss.